Does FSGS Make You Thirsty

FSGS, or Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis refers to a condition in which parts of the kidney called glomeruli become scarred. People with FSGS often show no signs or symptoms of the disease unless progressive damage to the kidneys severely interferes with the normal kidney functions. Patients who have massive loss of renal function or Renal Failure will present excessive thirst. How to manage this problem?

When you feel thirsty, you may have a craving or desire to drink something. This is indicated by dryness in the throat and the mouth. Continued parched throat can cause dizziness and giddiness.
Therefore, it is necessary for you to take effective measures to deal with your thirsty. The following are some suggestions, and we hope that they can be helpful for you.

Firstly, restrict the intake of salt, since much salt intake will aggravate your frequency of thirst. Your kidneys have been damaged, so their function of removing fluid is impaired. Drinking much water will increase your risk for getting waster retention, which will aggravate the swelling or edema.

As for the specific amount of water, you are recommended to talk with your doctor or consult our online experts.

Secondly, you are advised to keep away from spicy foods like chilies, curry and hot sauces, etc.
Besides, it is necessary to have a low-protein diet and limit the intake of high-protein foods like beans and bean products. In addition, high potassium foods (like oranges, bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts), high phosphorus foods (like seafood), and fatty, greasy, and simulating foods (like beef, mutton, crabs, garlic, onions, parsley, wine, coffee, etc) should also be avoided. Stop smoking and drinking alcohol in order to have a better recovery of kidney function.

FSGS is Chronic Nephritis in Kidney

Many people are not familiar with FSGS and they know nothing about FSGS but a type of nephritis. It is the abbreviation of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis which is very common in children and adult. In order to treat FSGS, we must know its own characteristics and which treatment is suitable for it.

What is FSGS after all?

Kidney is the main organ to filter the blood and form urine. How to achieve that? In kidneys, there are more than two million glomeruli which are like numerous griddles to help kidney to filter blood. If most of the glomeruli are health, kidneys can function well. So the end waste products and excessive water can be discharged through the filtration of griddles.

However, FSGS means that less than 50% of glomeruli have been destroyed, which is a kind of nephritis. Besides, many kidney tissues have been dead and turned into scars in kidneys. The scars seem that on the skin. There will be no blood or oxygen supplied to the scars. So most part of kidneys has no blood vessels and cannot form urine. In this way, many toxic substances cannot be removed from the body.

What are the common symptoms of FSGS?

FSGS is considered as a type of nephritis which often occurs in children and young people. And males have more risk to suffer FSGS than females. More than two thirds patients have a large amount of proteinuria and severe swelling. Their 24 hours proteinuria is between 1g to 30g. While, more than 50% of patients have hematuria and microscopic hematuria presents in most cases. FSGS develops very quickly and usually patients would go into renal failure or ESRF in one or two years. So patients should receive an effective treatment in the early stage in order to prevent the serious condition.