Can Morning Walk Help in Nephrotic Syndrome

It is recommended that nephrotic syndrome patients should begin some exercises program when their illness conditions are stable and proper exercises can help consolidate the curative effects and reduce the recurrence of nephrotic syndrome symptoms.

Morning walk can help lower high blood pressure by promoting blood circulation and improving blood volume. It is very necessary for nephrotic syndrome patients to have regular check of their blood pressure and seek proper and timely treatment to reduce high blood pressure. This can help protect the kidneys from potential damages. What is more, morning walk causes no money and it causes no side effects to the patients.

Morning walk can help enhance the patient’s immune system conditions and improve their disease-resistance ability so as to make patients stronger and less susceptible to various infections and viruses. The root cause of kidney damages in nephrotic syndrome patients is immune disorder and immune dysfunction. Immune disorders can cause the formation of immune complex and its deposition in the kidneys. Abnormal inflammatory reactions will be induced and renal damages will be caused. Protein and red blood cells will be leaked into urine, fluid and excess electrolytes can not be filtered and metabolic wastes and toxins will accumulate in the patient’s body.

Therefore at the same time of treating symptoms of nephrotic syndrome and repairing renal damages, it is necessary to rectify the immune disorder so as to treat the disease from the very root.

Besides morning walk, there are many other beneficial exercises for nephrotic syndrome patients such as yoga, jogging, swimming, cycling, gardening, tai chi, qi gong, etc.

If you are now during the period of disease onset such as proteinuria or hematuria is not well controlled, exercises is not recommended. Exercises are more suitable during the clinical remission period when clinical symptoms are well controlled. Anyway, morning walk is a good exercise choice for nephrotic syndrome patients, but the key point is to develop a good habit and keep doing this regularly and persistently.