How is Glomerulonephritis Treated?

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Kidney is very familiar to all of us. The health of kidney plays an important role in human health So, let's take a look at how to treat glomerulonephritis first? Let's introduce the related knowledge of the field.

How is Glomerulonephritis Treated?

First: general treatment should be bed rest after acute onset. The principle of diet is low salt, high vitamin and high calorie diet. The protein intake was maintained at 40-70g / day. The intake of salt was 2-3g / day, and the intake of high potassium food was limited.

The second is to treat diuresis symptomatically, commonly used thiazide diuretics; Antihypertensive drugs include thiazide diuretics, vasodilators, ganglion blockers or calcium channel blockers when necessary; The treatment of hyperkalemia is mainly based on the restriction of high potassium diet and the use of potassium excreting diuretics.

Third: the treatment of infected foci at present, it is advocated that when the bacterial culture of the foci is positive, antibiotics should be actively used. Penicillin or macrolide antibiotics are commonly used to control the infected foci. The disease has the effect of preventing the spread of bacteria and lasts for about 2 weeks or until cure. Tonsillectomy has no definite effect on the course of acute glomerulonephritis.

matters needing attention

Acute glomerulonephritis should be treated with dialysis and severe sodium retention when * the following conditions occur. Acute renal failure, oliguria for more than 2 days, hyperkalemia, acute left heart failure, severe acidosis.