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Does smoking have any influence to Nephrotic Syndrome? This question is concerned by many Nephrotic Syndrome patients. Smoking is harmful to health. As for Nephrotic Syndrome patients, they should avoid smoking.
Lots of medical researches show that smoking will affect the metabolism of medications in Nephrotic Syndrome and also affect the efficacy of medicine. Nicotine will release antidiuretic hormone. Under this condition, metabolic substances cannot be discharged out of the body timely, causing accumulation of drugs.
In addition, smoking will consume vitamin C, vitamin B6 , vitamin B12, some minerals and various nutrients, which indirectly affect the efficacy of medicine.
Therefore, patients with nephrotic syndrome should quit smoking.
Aside from giving up some had living habits, nephrotic syndrome patients also need to take best medical treatment. The most common medicines are steroids, they can control symptoms quickly and effectively but they cannot solve the problem from the root, which means repair kidney damage to improve kidney function. However, for some other treatments, they work slowly but cause no side effects.
In Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, we recommend Immunotherapy which is a combination of western medicines and Chinese medicines like medicinal soup, Foot bath, acupuncture, massage, tai chi and so on. Western medicines and Chinese medicines treat kidney disease in different ways. By combing them together, Nephrotic Syndrome can be controlled well. More importantly, injured kidney tissues can be repaired and then kidney function can be improved greatly. Moreover, Immunotherapy causes no discomforts or side effects during the whole treatment process. That is why more and more Nephrotic Syndrome patients come to our hospital for Immunotherapy.
Nephrotic syndrome patients should quit smoking. If you have any question, you can leave us a message below or send an email to kidneycares@hotmail.com. We will reply you as soon as possible.
