What to do if renal insufficiency causes foot swelling?

Renal insufficiency is caused by many reasons. The glomeruli are severely damaged, causing the body to have disordered excretion of metabolic waste and regulation of water electrolytes, acid-base balance, etc. It is a clinical syndrome. How to treat foot swelling caused by renal insufficiency?

Clinical manifestations of renal insufficiency

Clinical manifestations include massive proteinuria, severe edema, hypoproteinemia and hyperlipidemia.

Treatment

The general treatment is for severe edema and hypoproteinemia. Patients should rest in bed, eat a low-salt diet, control water intake and eat a high-protein diet. Western medicine generally uses glucocorticoids, diuretics, immunosuppressants and other methods to treat, but it will bring great side effects to the human body.

Diet therapy

First: In order to maximize the use of protein intake and prevent it from being converted into energy, the diet for renal insufficiency requires energy supplementation while taking a low-protein diet. At least 35 kcal of calories per kilogram of body weight per day, mainly supplied by sugar, such as fruits, sucrose products, chocolate, jam, honey, etc.

Second: Have a reasonable protein intake. Metabolites in the human body mainly come from the protein components in the diet. Therefore, in order to reduce the workload of the remaining kidneys, the protein intake must be compatible with the excretion capacity of the kidneys.