Shrunken Kidneys: Symptoms, Treatments and Diet
Shrunken kidneys is also known as kidney shrinkage or shrinking kidneys, and it is used to describe the kidney size becomes smaller and smaller abnormally. Faced by this problem, well control of symptoms, correct treatment and healthy diet can help deal with it.
Symptoms of shrunken kidneys
Kidney shrinkage is one condition in which kidney functioning tissues lose gradually that may cause the following symptoms easily.
- Too much fluid retention
- High blood pressure
- Foamy urine
- Back pain or kidney pain
- Fatigue
- Blood urine
- Nausea and vomiting
With the progress of kidney problem, more and more symptoms may appear to affect patients’ health.
Treatments of shrunken kidneys
To stop kidneys from shrinking continuously, patients should firstly find out the underlying cause and then take correct medications and therapies to manage it. For example, if kidney shrinkage is caused by diabetes, patients should take some hypoglycemic agents such as insulin and Tang Yikang (TYK) to control their blood sugar very well. (Check with the doctor online to determine how to manage your underlying cause tightly.)
Then, patients can try Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which can increase blood flow into kidneys to provide enough blood and nutritions for inherent kidney cells and increase the self-curative ability of damaged kidney cells. Therefore, damaged kidney cells can get recovery gradually, and patients’ kidney size can become normal. Until now, more and more kidney patients refer to take this therapy for maintaining their kidney health.
Diet of shrunken kidneys
The kidney-friendly diet can help manage patients’ symptoms and discomforts and slow down the progression of kidney disease. According to this, patients should follow a diet plan with these requirements. They are:
- Low-sodium diet
- Correct total amount of protein
- limiting the intake of potassium and phosphorus
- Eating more foods with anti-inflammatory property
- Eating more foods with antioxidant
- Controlling the fluid intake
If you have this problem and want to learn more about treatment and diet with shrunken kidneys, you can consult the doctor online or leave a message below.
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