Can I Treat Swelling On Ankles In Stage 3 Kidney Disease

In stage 3 kidney disease, you may suffer from a series of complications and swelling is one of them. Swelling indicates fluid retention that will cause shortness of breath and other severe complications if treated ineffectively. To prevent these problems, you need to treat your swelling on ankles due to stage 3 kidney disease.

Swelling management includes the following aspects:

1. Moderate salt intake

Moderate salt intake reduce water retention in your body treating edema. Foods that contain large amounts of salt should be limited or avoided. Increasing your intake of fiber, kelp, and certain protein sources-eggs, broiled whitefish, broiled skinless chicken or turkey can also be helpful.

2. Reduce protein loss

You may be prescribed some drugs like ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers which are used to lower high blood pressure to reduce protein loss into urine. This helps treat swelling on ankles to some extent.

3. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy

The root cause of swelling on ankles in stage 3 kidney disease is damaged kidney. Healthy kidneys can discharge excess fluid out of the body and there is no fluid accumulation in your body. However, when kidneys are damaged or diseased, they cannot remove fluid from the body timely. In this condition, fluid accumulates in the body and causing swelling in any of body part. To treat swelling radically, the radical way should improve kidney function. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a natural and unique Chinese Medicine treatment in our hospital. It is based on traditional Chinese Medicines and used externally. The effective ingredients can come to kidney lesion directly and help repair damaged kidney cells and improve kidney function. As long as kidney function is improved, excessive fluid will be discharged out of the body and then swelling will be relieved fundamentally. Besides, other related symptoms of stage 3 kidney disease will be eased effectively. If you want to know more about this therapy, you can send us a message to kidneycares@hotmail.com or consult our online doctor directly.