Edema treatment

Edema is actually more than sodium in the body, the patient will limit salt intake. Normal people can consume 10 grams of salt a day. After the sodium patients may feel that eating tasteless, no appetite, and affect the protein and heat supplement. Limit the sodium according to the patient's ability, do not affect appetite, chronic patients because of a long time limit sodium diet, pay attention to the cells will be lack of sodium.

swelling and Kidney Disease

The application of diuretics can also be used to treat edema. The use of diuretics should be based on different locations. Dietary diuretics can control the medullary loop uplift on chlorine and sodium absorption, commonly used drugs are furosem and bumetanide, furosemide dose is 20-120mg / d, butylurea dose is 1-5mg / d.Thiazide diuretics mainly treatment of medullary loop ascending branch thick wall and far before the small tube, can inhibit sodium and chlorine absorption, promote potassium excretion, diuretic. The dose of hydrochlorothiazide is 75-100 mg / d. Sodium potassium retention diuretics are used for distal tubules and manifolds. The dose of spironolactone is 60-120mg / d, alone, the effect is not ideal, and potassium can be used together with diuretics.

Leg and Foot swelling in Stage

Finally, the permeability of diuretics, the drug can be through the glomerular filtration, will not be absorbed by the renal tubules, can enhance renal tubular permeability, control of proximal and distal tubules to absorb sodium, diuretic. Dextran use dose is 500Ml / 2-3d.

If you still have any doubts, you can feel to contact me by E-mail renal-disease@hotmail.com,or WhatsApp / Viber:008615132830921.