Family therapy of renal failure

Except the hospital treatment, the family therapy also plays an important role in controlling the development of the disease. This article will introduce renal failure patients the important thing in their daily life. And we hope what we mentioned can do something for renal failure patients.

In general, renal failure patient in stable condition can leave the hospital and rest at home. After returning home, in addition to follow the doctor's orders to continue take the necessary drugs, the patient also need to attach importance to take active family therapy, which has important impact to the recovery of the renal failure.

The methods to nurse renal failure patient at home can be divided into two part, one of them is diet. Renal failure patients’ kidney is weak, so the reasonable diet is important for them. Overall, renal failure patient should insist on a low protein diet, take the food that is rich in calcium, iron, vitamin and low in phosphorus. Patients with oliguria should limit the intake of water, sodium and potassium.

The other is life style, patients’ family numbers should take good care of them from all aspects of life to help them recover soon. Specific methods including measuring their weight and blood pressure regular everyday, recording the output and intake of fluid volume accurately, to ensure they have got adequate rest, managing well in disinfection and ventilation, educating patients to keep away from public place. The patients should avoid overwork, prevent infection, retest kidney function regularly.


Family therapy is an important part of renal failure treatment that require particular attention, please do not ignore it. Hope you will recover soon! And the most important thing for renal failure patients is the timely and effective treatment. And if you want to know more information about renal failure, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.