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Glucocorticoid is often used for kidney disease. It is necessary but also has side effects like moon face. How to relieve moon face in kidney patients?
1. Reduce the use of long-acting hormone like dexamethasone
This medicine is easy to cause moon face and should not be used for a long time. Prednisone is better. Methylpredinsolone can cause moon face but it has powerful immune prevention function. Its efficacy can arrive at kidney lesion so you can take Methylpredisolone moderately.
2. Reduce the dosage of steroids
If you reduce the dosage of steroids, immunosuppressents can be used as well to guarantee the curative effect.
3. Chinese medicines and steroids can be combined together.
Chinese medicines can eliminate the hormone dependent from adrenocortical atrophy, prevent swelling, high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia. Another function of Chinese medicine is to eliminate obesity and moon face.
4. Eat properly and exercise properly
Kidney patients should choose low fat, low sugar and high vitamin diet. Besides, patients can choose food with diuretic effect like wax gourd, corn and mung bean sprout. You can take exercise for facial movement. For example, you can take chewing gum. Besides, wash your face with cold water which can speed up the breakdown of fat and recover your face shape.
The above are just some methods to relieve your moon face. If you want to treat it radically, you should take Chinese medicine treatments. Chinese medicines are natural and radical. No side effects occur in Chinese medicine. More importantly, Chinese medicine treatments in our hospital can repair your injured kidney tissues and improve your renal function. In this way, you have no need to take glucocorticoid. If you have interest in our treatments, you need to come to China for treatment. Contact us via kidneyservice@hotmail.com. We will reply you as soon as possible.
