How to Reduce Protein in Urine with Kidney Problems

Patients with kidney problems have the symptom of protein in the urine which is called proteinuria in medicine. Proteinuria means that the content of protein in the urine is much more than the normal. The excessive protein in the urine can make the urine very foamy. The normal value of protein in the urine is less than 150mg per day. Proteinuria does harm to the health. As a large quantity of proteins run away through the urine, the body can’t absorb enough protein to maintain the physical function. So patients with kidney problems should reduce protein loss.
Why do patients with kidney problems have proteinuria?
As the blood flows into kidney, protein in the blood is mainly filter by glomeruli and then is absorbed again by kidney tubules. When the kidney has some problems, glomerular filtration membrane can be impaired, which leads to filtration membrane pore size becomes larger. So the protein leaks from the glomerular filtration membrane. Besides, due to kidney damage, the absorption of renal tubule is impaired, under such a condition, renal tubule will fail to absorb protein filtered by glomeruli. These proteins are finally discharged into urine and thus form proteinuria.
How do patients with kidney problems reduce proteinuria?
From the above, we can know that glomeruli and kidney tubules are impaired,leading to proteinuria. The patients should do the examinations to confirm which is damaged, glomeruli or kidney tubules. After examinations, if it is the glomeruli problem, patients should treat glomeruli. Traditional Chinese Medicine can be very helpful and alleviate the damage of glomeruli. If it is kidney tubule problem, they should take measures to reduce the kidney tubule damage. Patients should get proper treatment in time and well cooperate with doctors, for example, take medicine on time as doctors demand. Besides, patients should pay attention to the daily diet. They need to follow a low protein diet in life, so the kidneys don’t have to bear much burden of protein filtration. Patients must avoid the high protein food, such as chicken, meat, soy, nuts, etc. However, they can eat some fish and shrimp which contain high quality protein. Eating more fruits and vegetables can be helpful and beneficial for them. Water can help kidney filter the protein, so patients should also drink more water or drinks.

In a word, much Protein in the urine is very bad for health and can make the kidney disease worse. Patients with kidney problems should try their best to reduce the protein in the urine.