Nephritis

Nephritis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the kidneys that often strikes during the childhood or adolescent stage, and may develop progressively into death if untreated properly during its early stage.

Symptoms
Primary symptoms for acute nephritis include fever, dull back pains, kidney pains that extends down to the ureter, scarce and highly colored urine. The urine may often contain blood, albumin, and red and white cells casts in clumps.

Other symptoms are puffiness of face, and swollen feet and ankles. It usually follow a throat infection caused by streptococcus bacteria, and scarlet or rheumatic fever.

Chronic symptoms include passes of large amount of albumin in the urine. They may also develop high blood pressure and uremia.

Causes
A weak and fragile body state coupled with faulty diets will pave way to the occurrence of this disease.

Home Remedies
Carrot: Mix 1 glass of carrot juice, 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of fresh limejuice. Drink it everyday first thing in the morning.

Bananas: Take an exclusive banana diet for 3-4 days. Consume 8-9 bananas each day during this period. It is high in carbohydrate and low in protein and salt, which makes it effective in combating this disease.

Avocado: The avocado fruit is low in protein and contains several minerals necessary in treating nephritis.

Grapes: Eat grapes to cure acute and chronic nephritis. They are exceptional diuretic with it high water and potassium salt content. It enhances kidney functions with it low albumin and sodium chloride content.

Coconut water: Drink water from a green and tender coconut once or twice a day. Coconut water is an excellent diuretic in treating kidney diseases.

Diets
The safest treatment for acute nephritis is to undergo vegetable juice diet for 7-10 days. This will eliminate the toxins that cause the inflammation of the kidney. Follow with an exclusive fruit diet for 4-5 days.

Next is to take a fruit and milk diet for a week, then a low-protein vegetarian diet consisting of fresh fruits, and raw and steamed vegetables.

For chronic nephritis, take juice diet for 3 days. Follow with a restricted diet for 10 days. For breakfast, eat oranges or drink orange juices. For lunch, eat salads made of raw vegetables available during the current season. For dinner, eat 1 or 2 steamed vegetables and a few nuts.

Take another short juice diet and a restricted diet for 1 week every 2-3 month intervals until the kidney resume their normal function.

Avoid foods that contains oxalic acid such as cocoa, chocolate, spinach and rhubarb.

Avoid taking salt.

Eat 5-6 small meals instead of the usual large ones.

Further Suggestions
Administer a warm water enema everyday during the initial juice diet.