2014年12月13日星期六

Low-Phosphorus Diet for Dialysis Patients

Kidney is an important organ to regulate and to excrete phosphorus. The content of phosphorus in body and the concentration of phosphorus in blood will rise when kidney fails in functioning. Hyperphosphoremia is a very common complication of Chronic Kidney Disease, with which dialysis patients always have too much phosphorus in blood. Although phosphorus is of significance in human body especially in keeping the healthy condition of bones and teeth, if the dialysis patients do not limit the ingestion of phosphorus, the concentration of phosphorus in serum will rise, and parathyroid hormone will be in a hyperfunctional state therewith, resulting in fracture and ostealgia, metastatic calcification, muscle weakness, itch in skin, skin ulcer, etc.
Then, how should a dialysis patient keep a low-phosphorus diet?
Phosphorus mainly comes from food, and generally speaking, food with high content of calcium always has much more phosphorus as well.
Food that contains much phosphorus should be avoided to the greatest extent, which includes:
▲ Staple food: wheat, barley, oat, corn, etc.
▲ Beans: any kind of beans and bean products, lotus nut, etc.
▲ Nuts: melon seed, peanut, sesame, etc.
▲ Meat: any kind of pluck, dried meat floss, ham and sausage, etc.
▲ Milk products and eggs: milk, dried milk, ice-cream, yolk, salted duck egg, etc.
▲ Aquatic products: nori, shrimp, scallop, abalone, etc.
▲ Vegetables: auricularia auricular, needle mushroom, etc.
▲ Others: black tea, green tea, yeast powder, chocolate, raisin, etc.
Food has little content of phosphorus includes: vermicelli, lotus root starch, cabbage, egg white, celery, spinach, tomato, sugarcane, many kind of melon or gourd, etc. Besides, controlling the intake of protein also results in a low intake of phosphorus. Meanwhile, you can change the way of cooking to lower the phosphorus as well, for example, when you cook fish, you had better boil it instead of stir-frying it.
Low-phosphorus diet is the initial note for dialysis patients to avoid Hyperphosphoremia. In addition, taking phosphorus adsorbents and complete dialysis are another two effective ways to lower phosphorus in blood and the whole body.

Keeping a special low-phosphorus diet is sometimes difficult but it is quite important to your health which we care about most.

Complications of Chronic Nephritis

Chronic Nephritis tends to arouse many complications because it always has a long course and treatment effect appears slowly. Hypertension and Anemia are the most common complications. Sufferers with Chronic Nephritis should have general knowledge on those complications so as to detect them and to treat them timely.
♥ Anemia. It is a common complication of Chronic Nephritis. The main causes are the decrease of red blood cells’ formation and the increasing number of damaged red blood cells. During the period of Uremia, toxins accumulate in the body, and there is obstruction in the metabolism of red blood cells, so these cells are easily damaged and then hemolysis appears. About 25% of sufferers with Renal Failure have obvious bleeding which can aggravate Anemia.
♥ Hypertension. During the period of renal insufficiency, there are cardiovascular complications very often such as Atherosclerosis, Myocardosis and Pericarditis. They are mainly caused by abnormal metabolism. According to figures, the morbidity of Hypertension among kidney disease sufferers is as high as 70%--80%, and almost all those patients who undergo dialysis have Hypertension.
♥ Infections. Long-term proteinuria may lead to the serious loss of protein, malnutrition, immunity dysfunction so infections appear in many cases. As an inducing agent, infections usually cause the acute onset of Chronic Nephritis or make the disease deteriorate progressively. Although there are various antibiotics used to treat infections now, infections should also be paid much more attention to.
♥ Electrolyte disturbance. Repeated use of diuretics and improper use of salt for a long time can cause Hyponatremia; long-term use of adrenocortical hormone leads to Hypokalemia if potassium cannot be enriched timely.
Although there are many complications of Chronic Nephritis, they are evitable and can be prevented if regular and reasonable treatment is applied. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can treat kidney disease from the root. It can repair damaged intrinsic cells in kidney and prevent renal fibrosis so as to restore the filtration function of kidney. Renal function can be improved thereby, and proteinuria and occult blood can disappear gradually and fundamentally.

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An Effective Treatment for Renal Failure

All the sufferers with Renal Failure want to get over the dangerous situation and be far away from the agony brought by illness. Then, how to treat Renal Failure?
The early stage of Renal Failure is a key period in treatment, which can lead to a good result if the opportunity is effectively seized. However, if you have a poor choice of treatment, the later period will be difficult to control and many complications will be caused therewith. Renal fibrosis appears in the early stage, and the original reason of Renal Failure is the damage to renal tissues and the complex of the extracellular matrix. Therefore, the main part of treatment is the repair of damaged tissues in kidneys, and the deterioration of renal fibrosis should be prevented.
Is there any effective treatment for Renal Failure?
With the development of medical technology, the treatment of kidney diseases is various, among which, stem cell transplant is widely considered as a safe and reliable one. Stem cells can divide (through mitosis) and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types that human body need and can self-renew to produce more stem cells to help with the growth of human body and rebuild the inner composition of cells, keeping the dynamic balance of body and its ability of restoration and self-cure. There is much superiority in stem cell transplant. First of all, either the autologous stem cells or the allogeneic stem cells need not be matched in types when transplanting; secondly, there are little rejection and almost no side effect; and thirdly, the success rate is high, and there will be no trauma with the simple injection. In addition, those transplanted cells will grow within three months after the injection and the transplant can be done repeatedly.

Stem cell transplant in treating Renal Failure has been used clinically nowadays. Stem cells can be used as seeds to repair damaged tissues or organs, and differentiate into renal parenchyma cells including mesangial cells and glomerular epithelial cells. With the renal intrinsic cells repaired gradually by stem cells, ischemia and anoxia may disappear and disordered electrolyte can be repaired. Along with the blood circulation in whole body, other organs or tissues can be repaired as well, thus many kinds of complications can be get rid of, and the original function of kidneys can be repaired fundamentally. Finally, the phenotype reversion of damaged cells happens through activating the metabolism of intrinsic cells, and renal function recovers naturally.

2014年12月4日星期四

The Symptoms of Diabetes

The morbidity of Diabetes Mellitus is increasing constantly nowadays, so it is significant for everyone to know more about Diabetes in order to take precautions in time. Then, what are the common symptoms of Diabetes?
★ Increased appetite.
Mass of glucose are lost along with the urine, and if the amount is more than 500gram in a day, the body will fall in a hungry status and need more energy supplement, so the appetite increases obviously. Simultaneously, high blood glucose stimulates the excretion of insulin, so the sufferers will feel hungry easily and have a better appetite. Even if they have eaten a lot already, they will still want to eat more.
★ Excessive urine.
The volume of urine increases, and it will be 3000-5000ml during one night, and up to 10000ml at most. The time of urination is also increasing. The sufferers may urinate once in an hour, and some of them may even urinate for more than 30 times in 24hours. The concentration of glucose in their body is high, and the glucose can not be reabsorbed completely by glomeruli, so there will be more and more urine. The higher the blood glucose is, the more the urine glucose will be, and the more the urine will be.
★ Excessive drinking of water.
Due to the excessive urine volume, there are much more water lost, and dehydration in cells will appear, which stimulates the nerve centre. Therefore, there will be excessive thirst. Both the volume and the times of water drinking are increasing in order to supply enough water to the body. The more the urine is, the more the drinking volume will be.
★ loss of weight.
Due to the insufficiency of insulin, the body cannot make best use of glucose. Then fat and protein will decompose more rapidly to supply enough energy and heat to the body, so carbohydrate, fat and protein will be consumed more. Together with the loss of water, the sufferers will lose much weight, have fatigue and feel listless. Similarly, the longer the disease process is, and the higher the blood glucose is, the disease condition will be, and the more obvious the loss of weight will be.
In addition, in the early period, people with Diabetes may have a decreased eyesight. Eyes may easily get tired, and the eyelid will have ptosis. At the same time, the sufferers may have numbness in both hands and feet. The fingers will not as flexible as it was before.

All the symptoms mentioned above are the signs of Diabetes. Once you notice some of them with yourself, you had better go and see doctors as soon as possible, and then you can have a timely treatment or just take precautions against the disease. If you have any other questions, you are welcome to talk with our consultant online or leave a message to phoebe871124@gmail.com.

Can Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis Be Treated Fundamentally

Can Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis be treated? How to treat it fundamentally? This question is paid great attention to by thousands of sufferers. As a matter of fact, Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis is not as terrible as you had imagined. However, a systemic treatment should be attached great importance to in case that you miss the best opportunity for the treatment!
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis refers to the damage in kidneys caused by Henoch-Schonlein Purpura. The etiology can be allergic reaction which is induced by infections of bacteria, virus and parasite, the allergy caused by some medicine or food, or just caused by pollen, bug bite or stimulation of cold. There are some clinical manifestations such as skin purpura, joint pain, abdominal pain, hematochezia, and especially the hematuria and proteinuria. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis always emerges in one month after the appearance of skin purpura, and some will be simultaneously accompanied with skin purpura and abdominal pain, others may only have abnormal urine with no symptom.
Mr. Liu, a sufferer with Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis, had abdominal pain three years ago after a cold, then purpura appeared in both of his lower limbs. One month later gross hematuria was detected. He had hormones for a long time but received no effect. In order to have a better treatment, he came to the Center of Stem Cell Transplantation in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital. After using stem cell transplantation, his urinary protein and occult blood turned to be negative, and the colour of skin purpura became much lighter. All his conditions are stable now.
Stem cells promote the rebuilding and renovation of remnant nephrones by means of the repair in damaged nephrones and the naturally physiological restoration, thus activating the renal capability of self-cure and making the clinical symptoms become normal. Stem cells transplantation is different from western treatment which only depends on hormones. It is a process of renovation, making hematuria, proteinuria and edemas disappear naturally and there will be no joint pain or abdominal pain any more after treatment. Stem cells are a kind of seed that can help the renal focus to have more vessels, providing blood to pathological tissues and improving the local microcirculation. Meanwhile they can activate surrounding cells to rebuild their normal function. Therefore the damaged nephrones are repaired and the Nephritis will not reoccur after the transplant.

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