Low-salt Diet is Good for Hypertensive Nephropathy

Hypertensive nephropathy is a common kind of kidney disease caused by long term high blood pressure level and it is well known that hypertension is the bnumber one cause of kidney damages and declined kidney functions.

To treat kidney damages effectively, the first and foremost important is to treat high blood pressure and maintain the blood pressure within a stable level or the kidney function will continue to deteriorate and the effects of the treatments will be greatly affected.

Clinical experiences have shown that usually more than 5 years hypertension will beging to cause damages in the kidneys.

The treatments for hypertension is mainly to use anti-hypertension medicinces and usually patients will have to take long term various medicines. Besides proper treatments and medicines, the reasonable diet is also extremely important.

One key point is low-salt diet which can not only help control blood pressure but also can alleviate retension of water and sodium which can also aggravate high blood pressure. Try to avoid salty foods such as scanned foods, processed foods, etc. Have more fresh fruits and vegetables and drink more water if there is no obvious edeme. The proper water intake should be urine output plus 500ml.

Another important factor is alcohol and tobacco. It has been well known that tobacco and alcohol can cause blood pressure to increase and this will further aggravate hypertension and make the illness condition harder to control. What is worse, drinking and smoking can cause direct damages to the renal intrinsic cells and tissues, therefore it is strongly recommended to give up smoking and drinking to especially heavy smoker and drinkers.

Besider, proper and regular exercises are good for controlling the illness conditions and can do a lot of benefits to hypertensive nephropathy patients.