Daily Care for Lupus Nephritis Patients

Besides effective treatment, proper daily care is also very important for Lupus Nephritis patients to maintain their condition stable. Well then, what should Lupus Nephritis patients pay attention to?
Firstly, food that is can increase light sensitivity should be avoided, such as fig, milk vetch, rape, celery, etc. If patients take such food occasionally, they should stay in the room in order to avoid sunshine. Besides, mushroom, champignon as well as other similar food or tobacco also have the possibility of inducing and worsening SLE, thus affecting Lupus Nephritis.
Secondly, enough high-quality protein intake is necessary. Large quantity of protein will leak out with urine due to Lupus Nephritis, which is easy to cause hypoproteinemia. Therefore, Lupus Nephritis patients should take enough high-quality protein in order to maintain normal body activity. Food such as milk, eggs, lean meat and fish will be good choice for Lupus Nephritis. However, proper quantity intake is important because too much protein intake can burden kidneys at the same time. Normally, doctors will offer special advice to Lupus Nephritis patients for their protein intake.
Thirdly, infection should be avoided strictly in daily life. Due to Lupus Nephritis, patients need to take immunosuppressant or steroid to control their illness condition, but these medicines have some side effects to the body at the same time. Long term medication of such medicine will make patients have a lower immunity. Therefore, Lupus Nephritis patients will be easy to be infected after long-term of medication.
Fourthly, Lupus Nephritis should have test on their blood sugar regularly. Lupus Nephritis patients need to take glucocorticoid for a long period, which is easy to cause steroid diabetes, so Lupus Nephritis patients should control their intake of food that contains more sugar and test their sugar level regularly.
Besides, a low-salt diet as well as proper calcium supplement is also helpful. Some patients will feel depressed when they are diagnosed as Lupus Nephritis. However, they should keep a happy mood which is helpful for their body. If effective treatment is taken and proper daily life is kept, the disease can still be controlled well and patients can live a normal life.