Post Date April, 15 2023
As a patient with chronic kidney disease, it is very important to pay attention to what issues need to be addressed in their daily diet. Because many patients still have certain misconceptions about their diet, which is very detrimental to the recovery of their condition, today we will talk about the dietary misconceptions of patients with kidney disease.
Treatment Mistake 1: Don't Eat Salt or Replace Salt with Autumn Stone
As everyone knows, salt is directly related to edema, so many patients with chronic kidney disease pay special attention to eating salt, or even do not eat salt, resulting in low blood sodium, low blood chlorine, muscle spasms, hypotension, low blood volume, postural hypotension, and so on. Salt restriction is necessary for patients with chronic kidney disease and renal failure who suffer from hypertension, edema, oliguria, so as not to cause excessive water and sodium retention and aggravate edema and hypertension. However, salt restriction does not mean not to eat salt. Unless there is a high degree of edema, it is necessary to strictly limit salt or even water. Generally, a low salt diet should be adopted, and the water inflow should be properly controlled for those who suffer from oliguria. Therefore, the intake of salt in patients with chronic kidney disease should be determined by the doctor depending on the specific situation. Excessive fear of salt is unnecessary, and it is also not advisable for some patients to replace salt with autumn stones. Autumn stone can be divided into light autumn stone and salty autumn stone. The main components of light autumn stone are white and salt in humans, and can also be processed from white, autumn dew, and gypsum in humans. The main components of salty autumn stone are salt, so there is no scientific reason to replace salt with autumn stone.
Treatment Mistake 2. Drinking more "bone soup" can supplement calcium and strengthen the body
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a weak physique and are often accompanied by abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism, presenting as hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. "Due to the impact of gastrointestinal function and hyperparathyroidism in patients, calcium absorption in the intestine is reduced, and patients with nephritis often exhibit low calcium.". At the same time, due to reduced phosphorus excretion and endocrine disorders, patients have a high phosphorus status. Bone soup contains more phosphorus. Drinking bone soup consumes a large amount of phosphorus, causing phosphorus to accumulate in the body, exacerbating hyperphosphatemia. Therefore, drinking bone soup not only does not improve calcium deficiency, but also increases the damage to renal function due to elevated blood phosphorus.
Treatment Mistake 3. Hunger Therapy Protects Renal Function
For patients with chronic kidney disease, while emphasizing high-quality and low-protein diets, it is necessary to ensure sufficient calorie supply and reduce the decomposition of endogenous protein diets, thereby reducing azotemia. People generally use sugar as the main source of heat supply, and can choose wheat starch, lotus root starch, sweet potatoes, honey, white sugar, vegetable oil, etc. to replace some staple foods. In clinical practice, due to the overemphasis on the diet of patients with chronic kidney disease and their misunderstanding of animal protein, some patients have adopted "hunger therapy". Due to excessive restrictions on staple foods and animal protein, patients often suffer from malnutrition, which is exacerbated by "hunger therapy", resulting in decreased body resistance, hypoproteinemia, anemia, etc., and is prone to co infection, exacerbating the condition, leading to renal failure. Therefore, "hunger therapy" cannot protect renal function, and patients with chronic kidney disease must not "experiment with it.".
