Show CHRONIC NEPHRITIS Chronic nephritis Is a 11 disease of the kidneys when the process Is In the tho stage of sclerosis and contraction whatever ha may have been the primal cause Two Important reasons for tor the prevalence of o chronic nephritis Brights Bright's disease which takes a adeath adeath adeath death toll of about each ear earin earIn in the United States St tes are First the disease Is caused from some bacterial Infection from an earlier attack of ot some disease Second it Is due to many case cases to a high use of protein foods me meats ts and animals products Ar tenor sclerosis or hardening of the smaller arteries and general con contractIon contraction contraction tractIon of the kidneys Is la cause Where Infection is clearly the cause the primal agents were main main- mainly mainly ly Iy s and scarlet fever Even though the attack maY mav be light the most careful and skillful treatment Is necessary to ward off ott row future attacks o on orf the s front from the poison polson of ot these destroyers Abuse of protein requirements In probably 75 is per cent of people In Inthe inthe Inthe the temperate latitudes Is a s str r tog mg cause of Indictment against chronic nephritis Europeans an and people of the United States and Canada con con- consume sume sunie far tar larger amounts of proto protein In titan than do the races of ot tropical coun- coun countries coun countries I tries rles Tropical people are tar far more temperate in their eating and rare rare- rarely rarely ly Iy If it e cier eser er suffer death from chronic nephritis The common habit of ot overeating throws far too much work on we the kidneys and excessive work of this sort wakens any organs or glands to the danger point of disease ase and atrophied condition The diet is a strong weapon with which to fight off chronic nephritis Vai nt I our diet with Ith vegetables and fruits and vegetable oils whenever PO pos possible sIble They act as ILS a strong coun balance to the protein foods Do not on an account If It OU afflicted chronic nephritis dose close some sonie medicine that chima to tobe a kidney cure Such treatment usually of o no value and often causes real harm to the overworked |