What are the symptoms of chronic nephritis? How to care?

Chronic nephritis is a disease that affects younger and younger people. Patients with early-stage chronic nephritis will experience symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness, lower back pain, and edema. However, not every patient will experience these symptoms. So what are the symptoms of chronic nephritis?

Symptoms of chronic nephritis

Eyelid swelling

Patients with chronic nephritis usually experience eyelid edema in the early stages because the water and sodium in the patient's body increase, and excess water accumulates in the loose tissue of the body, and the eyelids are a part with more loose tissue. The characteristic of eyelid swelling is that it is more obvious when you wake up in the morning and decreases after activity.

hematuria

Most patients will have symptoms of hematuria in the early stages, but hematuria cannot be distinguished by the naked eye. Some hematuria needs to be observed under a microscope. Gross hematuria is hematuria that can be seen with the naked eye. The urine is meat-washing water-like, turbid and red. Some children have blood streaks or blood clots in their urine. Microscopic hematuria can only be detected under a microscope, with more than 1 red blood cell count per high-power field of view.

Increased foam in the urine

In the early stages of chronic nephritis, there is a tendency for increased foam in the urine, which is connected to each other and takes a long time to dissipate, indicating that there is protein in the child's urine due to high tension. Of course, this symptom has poor accuracy. If you don't have a certain level of medical knowledge, it will often be ignored by parents or children.

Prevention and care of complications of chronic nephritis

(1) Infection prevention and care: Chronic nephritis patients have low resistance and are prone to various infections, especially respiratory and urinary tract infections. Therefore, you should pay attention to keeping your team and environment clean and hygienic, pay attention to ventilation and disinfection of the room, take good care of your oral and skin, keep warm, and prevent colds.

(2) Prevent renal function from deteriorating: Patients with chronic nephritis should avoid factors that may induce renal function deterioration, such as infection, fatigue, hypertension, use of nephrotoxic drugs, vomiting and diarrhea. Pay attention to the condition, measure body temperature and blood pressure on time, and record urine volume for 24 hours. Guide patients to use medications rationally and deal with conditions such as oliguria and anuria in a timely manner.

(3) Prevent heart damage: Let the patient maintain good physical and mental rest, and limit water and salt intake as appropriate. Actively treat and care for hypertension, and adjust antihypertensive medications in a timely manner according to the doctor's orders based on the blood pressure situation to keep the blood pressure in a more stable state. When symptoms of heart failure appear, timely treatment and monitoring are required.