Can Nephritic Syndrome Patients Drink Wine

The patients with Nephritic Syndrome(NS) should restrict drinking, because drinking could result the decline on the synthesis of hepatic glycogen, especially to the patients with such symptoms as hypertension, nephritic syndrome, and hyperlipaemia. Excessive drinking could reduce the appetite, thus reduce the intake of food, thereby result the multiple nutritional deficiencies, even result the alcoholic cirrhosis for serious case. Moreover, alcohol could reduce the renal plasma flows and deteriorate the renal functions as well as add burden to the heart.
Medical research suggests that, more than 90% wine that we drank is metabolized in liver. Liver has a strong metabolic capacity for alcohol. If we drink 50ml Maotai vines, namely about 30g alcohol, for the metabolism of it, liver needs about 46 hours, and moreover, this metabolism for alcohol is at the cost of itself, because abundant coenzyme I, coenzyme II and cytochrome P450 would be consumed in metabolic process, and the overconsumption of these substances could result the necrosis of liver cells, furthermore, could make the liver fibrosis even cirrhosis. These mentioned are just the impairment to liver, in fact, drinking could nearly harm all the body organs. Longtime drinking could result anemia, platelet function disorder, various kinds of haemorrhage, which would result the gastrointestinal malabsorption, nutritional deficiency, and also lead to hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, etc. All of those are the harm to the body. When the balance of the whole body has been destroyed, the damaged kidney could not get a good external environment that renal recovery needs, so drinking is very harmful.
Can the patients with NS drink? Surely, a low dose of alcohol has some certain benefits for the body, such as strengthening the protection capability against the ultraviolet injury, but here, low dose mean “extremely scarce”: the amount for alcohol is about several grams per day, and the daily drinking could not be only this amount, so the volumes are difficult to control. Thereby, for the sake of their health, the patients would better keep away from the temptation of “tasty wine”
After the above introduction, we believe that you might have some understanding about why the patients with NS cannot drink, however, in spite of that prohibition, these patients can eat more animal proteins such as milk, egg, lean meat and fish, etc, while eat less on vegetable proteins, for example, bean products, that is because the utilization rate on vegetable protein is low, which would aggravate the uremia.
Experts also remind that, the patients with NS should pay attention to prevent infection, since their body have weak resistance to germs and easily involve in infection. In addition, keep room’s regular ventilation, and keep regular bathing and the skin clean, so as to prevent the infection in urinary system. Meanwhile, have enough relaxation, and take precautions against cold, especially in the cold –prevailing seasons. If there are any complications, get a treatment without delay.