Nursing Care and Treatment to Get Rid of Edema in Kidney Failure

Edema means the retention of excess fluid in human body tissues. The main job of

the kidneys is just to remove metabolic wastes and water into urine. In kidney failure patients, too much water will result in swollen eyelids, limbs, ankles, etc. Some may even develop pleural effusion and find themselves short of breath or have difficulty lying on the backs. To relieve the sufferings, proper daily life nursing care is the basic method; and more importantly, patients need effective treatment to treat fundamental cause of edema:
How to get rid of edema in kidney failure patients?
First, proper nursing care: What Causes Edema in Legs for Stage 3 Kidney Disease
﹡Restrict sodium intake. Excess sodium consumption will aggravate body swelling. The patients need to restrict high sodium content foods such as
﹡Keep urine output at records. Get the final total urine output each day. This final number added by another 500ml is the proper amount of water a patient needs to supply. In case a patient has vomiting and nausea, more water can be consumed.
﹡Never drink too much water for a single time. When drinking water, slow in speed. Each time after urination is a good time for drinking certain amount of water.FSGS with High Blood Pressure and Pedal Edema
﹡Elevate the affected limbs above the heart several times in a day for 30 minutes each time. This may help for mild edema, but doesn’t help for moderate to severe edema.How to Relieve Lower Limb Edema for CKD Patients
The above nursing care help to cope with edema better. But that doesn’t help treat kidneys. Only through improving kidneys, can we finally completely get rid of edema. Chinese herbal medicine treatment is recommended for you:
Chinese Medicine treatment is a natural remedy for treating kidney diseases. Patients with kidney failure develop fibrosis of the kidneys, and renal ischemia and hypoxia will promote inflammatory factors to cause continuous kidney deterioration.FSGS with High Blood Pressure and Pedal Edema
Chinese medicines will not only enhance renal microcirculation, but also restrain abnormal immunity and activate metabolic function of damaged renal intrinsic cells. Renal glomerular filtration system will restore the ability of removing water, and speeded up blood flow will make it easier for toxin elimination. Thereby, not only will edema disappear, but also other clinical indexes such as creatinine, BUN and uric acid will be lowered gradually.

Treatment helps to improve renal pathological injury in reducing edema. And nursing care help to better recover. Patients also need to follow a careful renal diet so as to recover gradually.