Exercise can be safe and effective in people with Nephrotic Syndrome. It can
help people with kidney disease to feel better physically and mentally. But it
does not mean the much the better. How much exercise is good for Nephrotic
Syndrome patients?
You could judge from the following sides.
1. After exercise, you spirit is good, and feeling of fatigue disappears
within hours.
2. No obvious increase of protein and blood cells in urine test.
3. No edema appears and blood pressure test results of many times are all
normal and no rise and fall.
It reflects your volume of exercise is moderate if your condition conforms to
the points mentioned above, otherwise, you should consult your doctor and reduce
your exercise.
which exercise is good for nephrotic syndrome patients?
Exercise includes aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise.
Aerobic exercise is able to increase patients’ cardiovascular endurance. As
for nephrotic syndrome patients, they should take some gentle exercise like
walking, jogging, swimming, riding a bike and dance. The characteristics of
aerobic exercise are low intensity, rhythmed, no-break and long time.
Anaerobic exercise includes sprint, weight lifting, high jump, tug-of-war and
push-up. Patients should choose proper anaerobic exercise according to their own
medical conditions.
Nephrotic syndrome patients will have poor appetite and other symptoms,
making them weaker and easy to catch cold and suffer from gastrointestinal
infection.
If they take proper exercise, it not only enhances the body resistance to
disease but also improve patients’ appetite. In this way, malnutrition and
amyotrophy caused by lack of protein can be alleviated.
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