Is Drinking Too Much Water Bad For Kids With Nephrotic Syndrome

Is drinking too much water bad for kids with Nephrotic Syndrome? If yes, why? And how much water can they drink everyday?

Is drinking too much water bad for kids with Nephrotic Syndrome?

Life can not exist without water, so we need to drink water everyday to survive. Water keeps our body temperature regulated, remove waste from our digestive system and lubricates our joints. When we fail to drink enough water, dehydration will occur, which can bring us symptoms like dry mouth, thirst, fatigue, dry skin, headache, constipation, decreased urine, dizziness, lack of sweating, fever, little, sunken eyes, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, lethargy, confusion and irritability and so on.

Nephrotic Syndrome is a kidney problem that can cause fluid retention in the body. Kidneys are responsible for excreting excess fluids, so drinking too much water will increase kidney burden. Besides, for kids with Nephrotic Syndrome, their kidneys have been injured seriously. In that case, it is more importance for them to avoid everything that may increase kidney burden or worsen kidney condition. Seeing from this point of view, drinking too much water is bad for kids with Nephrotic Syndrome.

How much water can kids with Nephrotic Syndrome to drink everyday?

For kids with Nephrotic Syndrome, since drinking too much will increase kidney burden, aggravate swelling symptom and worsen kidney condition, it is necessary for them to limit their fluid intake. Well then, how much water can kids with Nephrotic Syndrome to drink everyday?

Actually, no matter for kids or adults who are living with Nephrotic Syndrome, how much water they can drink everyday entirely depend on their specific illness condition. Due to the difference of illness condition, the exact fluid intake varies from case to case, so here we can not give out an exact number; but please do not worry, we offer online service, you can consult our on-line doctors and get your problems solved by taking with them face to face. It is free of charge.

For some kids with Nephrotic Syndrome, it is very difficult to limit their fluid intake strictly, so here we will try to offer some tips and hope it is helpful.

1. Eat less sat

2. Chew gum

3. Daub lips with soaked swab

4. Suck on ice cubes and ice chips

Lastly, fluids are foods that are liquid at room temperature, so many foods like coffee, tea, sodas, beer, cream, soup, broth, vegetables and fruits and so on are account as fluid. For this reason, selecting what to eat is also very importance for kids with Nephrotic Syndrome.