Infection Prevention is The Key to Decrease the Incidence of Nephritis

Nephritis is caused by immunity disturbance. Especially, in most cases of Acute Nephritis, it is resulted from infections, mainly acute streptococcus infection.
Nephritis is a common disease all over the world. Most of them occur after streptococcus infections such as upper respiratory tract infection and impetigo. In the period of scarlatina period, the incidence of Nephritis is higher then the usual days. Although the patients with Acute Nephritis can recover their renal function in a short time, its prognosis in long term is not clear yet. Acute Nephritis is common among the adults. Compared with the child patients, they have poorer prognosis, longer disease process and recover more slowly. In many cases, the diseases progress slowly into Chronic Nephritis or Chronic Renal Failure. Therefore, improving immunity and resistance against infection is the key to prevent Nephritis.

Therefore, all of us should strengthen physical activity so as to improve our immunity. Moreover, changing clothes properly, keeping a good mood, and developing a good daily habit and so on are also can improve our resistance against infections. For the patients with Nephritis, they should be cautious when keep proper amount of exercise based on their own disease condition. In the acute period of the disease, they should mainly stay in bed. In this way, it can decline the burden to both of their heart and kidneys.

Moreover, with the technological development, air-condition, heater and so on improve our life quality so greatly. As we all stay in the unnatural environment, it decreases our resistance against the invasion of virus and bacterium. For example, in the environment of air-condition, the air circulation are sluggish, which is very likely to cause bacterial growth thus leading to infection.

Keeping a good mood plays an important role in improving immunity. Therefore, all the patients with Nephritis should keep optimistic and hold confidence in defeating their disease. Moreover, they should develop a healthy daily habit, having enough sleep, proper diet and so on.


If we can do our best to avoid infection, we will be able to decrease the incidence of Nephritis greatly.