How To Get BUN Numbers Down

2014-05-28 07:23

Urea nitrogen is the waste product of protein metabolism in blood, which is mainly excreted by kidneys. When the kidneys are damaged severely, it will fail to work well, then the urea nitrogen will build up in blood, which will cause high blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in body. When the BUN numbers are higher than the normal levels, people will wonder how to get BUN numbers down.

What are the harms of high BUN level for people?

Both high BUN and high creatinine are two indicators for kidney disease patients when their kidneys are damaged severely, and they will have less than 50% kidney function. So when kidney disease patients have high BUN level, they may also suffer from high creatinine level. In addition, when people have high BUN numbers, they may also have the other severe symptoms such as high blood pressure, low appetite, electrolyte disturbance, metabolic acidosis, urination disorder, etc. All these will affect the illness condition of patients, and the unwell controlled high BUN and these symptoms will affect the illness, which will make a bad prognosis for people.

How to get the BUN numbers down?

From above, we can know the harms of high BUN level for kidney disease patients, so they need to have effective treatment to lower the high BUN level, which can help make a good prognosis for people.

1. Well planed diet

As we know, urea nitrogen is the waste product of protein break down in body, so high BUN level patients need to limit the protein intake, which can help reduce the metabolism of protein, and it can also help reduce the kidney burden and protect the kidney function.

Since protein is one of the necessary nutrition for people, so high BUN level patients need to take proper amount of high quality protein in body, which will be helpful for the illness condition.

2. Chinese therapy

As we know, the high BUN number is mainly caused by the kidney damage, so patients need to have effective treatment to improve the kidney function, which can help reduce the BUN number fundamentally.

Chinese therapy uses traditional Chinese herbal medicines, which can help repair the kidney damage and improve kidney function, and this can help get the BUN numbers down.

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