How to treat chapped kidneys effectively and safely?

Very often, when the body becomes cold, if the feet get soaked in damp and cold weather, the question arises: "How to treat chill kidneys?" Because along with common signs and symptoms of a cold or respiratory disease, patients complain of pain in the lumbar region, weakness,malaise, chills and fever to high digits.

In addition, there is an ache in the body, pain in the joints. Patients complain of frequent urination, which can be accompanied by cuts, a feeling of discomfort. Despite frequent urge, urination, as a rule, happens in small portions.

In the urine there is an increase in white blood cells, which occurs due to the inflammatory state of urinary organs. There may also be hematuria, urine may be cloudy and have a precipitate in the form of sand. In the sediment, the content of salts( oxalates, urates or phosphates) can be noted. Can appear protein( proteinuria).

What to do if the kidneys are bled

If the kidneys are bled, appropriate measures should be taken immediately to prevent the further development of the disease and the appearance of complications. First of all, you need to warm up the body. If there is no high temperature, you can soak your feet in hot water with mustard powder, then put on warm woolen socks and go to bed, warmly hiding.

You can make a hot sitting bath. It will be useful if you add herbal medicinal herbs( chamomile, sage) to the bath. It is necessary to warmly wrap the lumbar area with a warm woolen shawl, prevent drafts and hypothermia.

At the time of treatment it is better to refrain from walking in the cold season, try to avoid being in the wind and in the rain. It is known that "the kidneys love heat," so you should try not to let the body get too cold, not to wash yourself in cold water, do not sit on cold, damp surfaces, do not walk barefoot on the cold floor.

Very often after a cold and respiratory diseases, tonsillitis, influenza there is a disease like pyelonephritis. It is characterized by inflammation of the kidney parenchyma, i.e.her tissue. It happens that pathogenic microflora is attached to a cold disease, with an infectious inflammation of the organ. The causative agents are staphylococci, streptococci.

How to treat kidneys

In such cases, the treatment of the disease will not do without the appointment of antibiotics and sulfonamide drugs. They should be appointed only by a doctor, by medical indicators. In addition to antibiotic therapy, the following drugs are prescribed:

• diuretics( lasix, furosemide);
• anti-inflammatory( tantum-verde);
• analgesics and antispasmodics( no-shpa, baralgin);
• antimicrobial;
• symptomatic therapy( antipyretic, antihistamines, etc. - paracetamol, tavegil, suprastin).

Also, funds can be prescribed that strengthen the immune system and increase the body's defenses, biostimulants and vitamins( apilac, duovite).

The medicinal properties of herbs, leaves and roots are widely used. They can be taken separately, brewing in the form of tea, and you can mix, receiving medical fees. Such fees can also be purchased at pharmacies. In inflammatory diseases of the kidneys apply:

• St. John's wort;
• Bearberry;
• corn stigmas;
• bear ears;
• sporish;
• field horsetail;
• chamomile;
• birch buds, etc.

Very good helps the broth of dogrose, which has a diuretic effect and contains vitamin C. You can add a little honey to the broth, take 3-4 times a day.

Among the herbal preparations are also widely distributed:

1. Urolesan.
2. Kanefron.
3. Phytolysin.
4. Kidney tea.

These drugs have a pronounced anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, diuretic and antimicrobial effect. Also, these drugs promote the dissolution and excretion of sand and stones.

Signs of kidney disease

Often there are questions about whether it is possible to catch a kidney in one way or another. In order to affirmatively state that there are signs of inflammation of the kidneys due to colds and hypothermia, you need to know the signs of the kidneys: the

• Back pain.
• Frequent, painful urination, sometimes with blisters in the bladder and kidneys.
• Temperature rise.
• Blood, protein, white blood cells in urine.
• Edema and the phenomenon of hypertension( not always!)

If you do not treat acute inflammation of the kidneys, the disease can acquire a chronic course. As a rule, chronic pyelonephritis, nephritis is aggravated during periods of catarrhal inflammatory diseases, and also have a tendency to seasonal exacerbations, in autumn, in winter, in damp and cold weather.

It is important to remember that the organs of the urinary system are closely related to the genitals. Therefore, with inflammation of the kidneys and other urinary organs, the inflammatory process can also involve the sexual organs. Especially it is dangerous in the event that a bacterial or viral infection is attached to an existing inflammatory process.

If the disease is started, the reproductive function of the body may suffer, which can lead to a deplorable result in the form of infertility. Chronic diseases of the genitourinary system can also develop.

Easier to prevent than treat

An important role in preventing the appearance of kidney inflammation due to colds or hypothermia is prevention. Knowing how you can chill the kidneys, it's easy to try to take all the necessary measures to prevent the onset of the disease. We must try to avoid:

• be in drafts;
• seats on wet and cold surfaces;
• dress easily in wet, cold and windy weather;
• keep your feet damp and cold.

It should also be remembered that any symptoms of colds can not be ignored and rely on the fact that the disease will "pass" by yourself! This dangerous confusion can lead to complications and significantly complicates the treatment in the future.

In order not to be ill, one should try to lead a healthy lifestyle, exclude bad habits, try to be more often outdoors. Important role in strengthening the body's defenses play hardening procedures and rational, balanced nutrition, containing the necessary amount of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and minerals.

Patients suffering from kidney disease should be particularly attentive to their health, avoid hypothermia, regularly visit the doctor for preventive medical examinations, laboratory and instrumental research methods.

In summer it is very useful to provide sanatorium treatment, mainly in countries with a warm and mild climate. It is also useful to visit resorts of mineral waters and thermal springs for preventive and curative purposes.