What To Do About Foamy Urine, Nausea, Shortness of Breath In CKD

If you are a CKD patient, you are running high risk for foamy urine, nausea, shortness of breath. Also, these symptoms will become more and more severe with the progression of illness condition. Well then, what can we do about foamy urine, nausea, shortness of breath caused by CKD?

Foamy urine in CKD

Foamy urine is a dominant symptom of CKD. It is the manifestation of proteinuria which refers to the presence of excess protein in urine. For CKD patients with foamy urine, they need to reduce protein intake and control blood pressure into normal range, which will help them slow down illness condition and avoid aggravation of proteinuria. Besides, for CKD patients who have started dialysis, ingesting much more protein (1.2grams of protein per kilograms per body weight body day) is necessary.

Nausea in CKD

Nausea is a digestive problem of CKD and occurs easily when illness progresses to advances stage. This bothersome condition usually results from high concentration of urea nitrogen in blood, so doing something helpful for reduce urea nitrogen in blood is necessary and these include low-protein intake and drinking some water in the morning. This helps to lower the concentration of urea nitrogen in the blood and thus remit nausea problem.

Shortness of breath in CKD

CKD patients may experience shortness of breath due to different conditions like pulmonary edema, renal anemia, metabolic acidosis and heart failure. Measures like limiting fluid intake, having high-iron diet, tightly controlling blood pressure, regular heart examination and effective treatment for heart failure are helpful for remitting this problem.

For CKD patients, onset of all the symptoms, including foamy urine, nausea and shortness of breath is related with decrease of kidney function. Though measures we mentioned above are helpful for remitting these symptoms, but they can not solve problem radically. To get these symptoms alleviated permanently, improving kidney function is essential. (Consult our on-line doctors for treatment method that can help to improve kidney function)