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Foods To Avoid Kidney Disease
Familial juvenile nephrophthisis; Senior-Loken syndrome
Treatment
There is no cure for this disease. At first, treatment focuses on controlling symptoms, reducing complications, and slowing the progression of the disease. Because of the loss of water and salt, the patient will need to drink plenty of fluids and take salt supplements to avoid dehydration.
As the disease gets worse, kidney failure develops. Treatment may involve medications and diet changes to...
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