What Should Lupus Nephritis Patients Pay Attention to in Daily Life?

Lupus Nephritis is the complication of lupus erythematosus(SLE),an autoimmune disease, featuring as glomerular damage. Patients may suffer from protein urine, blood urine, edema, high blood pressure and so on. Generally patients will take some hormones to control their condition. Then what can lupus nephritis patients do in their daily life to prevent the further kidney damage.

1. Proper Diet habit

Patients with lupus nephritis should take in food with high calorie and rich vitamin. Low-salt food is suggested. Patients should take high-protein food except for patients with renal insufficiency. Kidney experts suggest that for patients with high level of protein in urine, they should take high-quality food, like lean meat, fish, chicken, etc to replenish the loss of protein. Patients with heavy swelling should limit fluid intake.

2. Prevent cold and infection

When you are attacked by lupus nephritis, you must take good care of yourself and prevent from getting cold. If you catch a cold, you should follow the doctor’s advice and take medicine with little renal toxicity. Once you are infected, you should applied with antibiotics.

3. Medicine nursing

The kidney experts should instruct patients with lupus nephritis with the correct use of glucocorticoid.

4. Daily nursing

When they have outdoor activities, in order to reduce skin damage, they should get dressed with long sleeve and wear sombrero and reduce sun exposure.

5. Mental nursing

Taking hormone may cause change in appearance or shape. some patients may be infertile. So patients with lupus nephritis may be down in spirits and with heavy burden. Patients’ family should give them more care and love and make them more confident to the life.

6. Rehabilitation nursing

In order to provide patients with lupus nephritis a better spirit, they should get adequate sleep. They can take part in all kinds of activities, housework. Farmers can do light manual labor.


The prevention plays an important role in decreasing the pains patients to suffer, so patients should pay more attention to form a healthy life style. And now if you want to know more information about lupus nephritis treatment or others, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyfight@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.