What Should I Do with Swollen Feet and Stomach with Lupus Nephritis

“Hi, I has lupus and I believe that my kidneys are affected. My feet and stomach are also swollen. What should I do?” Lupus is a medical condition that immune system attacks your own body. When it attacks your kidneys, your kidneys are unable to filter wastes and excess fluid from body. This leads to fluid retention in feet, stomach, and some other places. Now let’s have a quick look at what to do with the swelling.

-Diuretics

They force the kidneys to remove excess sodium in the urine. This excess sodium draws water from the blood, helping to decrease swelling.

-Steroid and immunosuppressant treatment

They can suppress the immune system to reduce damage to the kidneys and inhibit kidney inflammation to relieve swelling.

If you could not get remission from swollen feet and stomach and Lupus Nephritis with the above treatment, you can try our systemic Chinese medicine treatment.

Systemic Chinese medicine treatment includes four kinds of the therapies, namely Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Foot Bath, Mai Kang Composition and various medicinal soup. They can expand blood vessels and remove stasis to increase blood flow into kidneys so that more waste products and excess fluid can be excreted out of the body. And then swelling will gradually relieve. They can also decompose the deposited immune complexes in the kidneys to eliminate kidney inflammation. And they can draw toxins and waste products from the blood to reduce their damage to your body. Moreover, they can set up a good blood environment for the inflamed kidneys to repair themselves. After 7-10 days’ treatment, your swollen feet and stomach will disappear. After 30-45 days’ treatment, your kidney function will gradually restore.

What should I do with swollen feet and stomach with Lupus Nephritis? Now you have a clear mind. If you want to have a good control of lupus nephritis and reduce its symptoms and complications, you should take treatment as early as possible to bring down lupus and protect your kidneys from being damaged. If you could send a scanned copy of medical test report to kidneycares@hotmail.com or describe your medical conditions to our online nephrologist, we can give you some personalized guidance on lupus nephritis treatment.