How to Protect Kidneys for People with Kidney Failure

How to Protect Kidneys for People with Kidney Failure? The following are some suggestions:

1. Actively treat the primary disease.
Because primary disease is the main cause of Kidney Failure, patients have to actively treat the primary disease. For example, diabetics should stress insulin treatment in the early stage to slow down the decline in remaining renal function.

2. Remove renal obstruction factors
Patients have to pay more attention to the renal obstruction factors, especially for those old patients with Chronic Kidney Failure. They have to actively treat prostatic hyperplasia, ureteral calculus and kidney stone.

3. Avoid Nephrotoxic drugs
Many drugs can be harmful to kidneys. So patients have to pay more attention to the medicine they take. For example, penicillin, doxorubicin, and contrast agent.

4. Avoid hypotension
In dialysis, to avoid hypotension, the water volume removed should not be too more, for hypovolemia can lead to renal ischemia which damage kidneys. The proper water volume is usually 5-7% of patient's weight. Therefore, Chronic Kidney Failure patients have to control the intake of water between dialysis.

5. Avoid high-protein food.
As high-protein food can impose extra burden on kidneys, Kidney Failure patients who are not on dialysis should eat low-protein food and quality protein food.