Diet and Care in IgA Nephropathy

IgA Nephropathy is a kind of auto immune disease and is different from nephritis.

Every of us has IgA antibodies. For healthy people, it is normal reaction, but for patients with kidney disease, it is abnormal. Too much immune complex deposited on the golumerular basement membrane and will cause the proliferation and swelling of mesangial cells thus damaging the charge barrier and mechanical barrier. It cannot block the leakage of protein and red blood cells. As long as we remove the immune complex on the basement membrane and repair the damaged mesangial cells, the protein leakage will sure be stopped. Besides, we should take treatment to regulate the immune reaction and rebuild immune system, if well treated the disease will not recur. For this kind of disease, daily care is very important. Because if we want to stop the reaction of the antibodies, we have to prevent the stimulation. Therefore, patients have to pay attention to the following tips: Can IgA Nephropathy Patients Eat Scorpion Pepper
1. Don't be too tired. Do proper exercise, but avoid strenuous exercise. Have good rest and don't stay up late at night.
2. Prevent infection. Try to prevent inducing factors such as unper tract infection, skin, intestinal tract, urinary tract infection and
fungus infection. Once there is infection, receive treatment to stop it as soon as possible. How Can I Control IgA Nephropathy with Food
3. Have a positive attitude of life. Don't be nervous and afraid. Keeping in good mood is good for the recovery.
4. Prevent catching a cold or flu. Do proper exercise to strengthen the body and patient can also take some supplement such as
Cordyceps sinensis to strengthen the immunity. How Much Daily Sodium Intake Should Be for IgA Nephropathy Patients
If all these can be paid attention to, there will sure be a good prognosis.
In addition, patients should also pay attention to the diet.
1. It is proper for patients with IgA Nephropathy to eat light and easy digested food. Avoid stimulating food such as seafood, beef, mutton, and spicy food. Do not drink wine. Patients with symptoms such as red tongue, night sweat, dry bowel and blood in urine should avoid these food in particular.
2. Patients with IgA Nephropathy can eat fresh vegetables and defined amount of fruit. Drink water properly. Avoid all the tonic, invigorator and food easy to get internal heat such as hot pepper, leechee and chocolate etc.
3. IgA Nephropathy patients with severe edema should avoid salt, limit protein intake and drink less water. Patients whose edema is not serious can take low salt diet and patients with no edema can take water and protein food normally. Patients with microscopic hematuresis and easy to get internal heat should drink more water and eat more apple, white sugar, semen sesami nigrum and agaric.
4. If IgA develops to Uremia and the patient has high serum potassium, high potassium food such as banana, orange, potato, tomato, pumpkin and tea should be avoided.

5. Patients with high Uric Acid should specially avoid animal viscera, fish, shrimp, crab, clam, mushroom, beans and spinach.