What should patients notice about their diet during uremia?
1. Patients should take enough heat each day. If the heat is insufficient, it
can lead to malnutrition. While if there are too much protein, it can lead to
Hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis etc. The main source of heat comes from
cereal. Have less table sugar or fruits. Eat as little fat as possible,
especially animal fat.
2.Patients should take enough animal protein with high quality such as eggs,
milk, lean meat, fish and so on and have less vegetable protein like bean
products. Lacking protein is much more common in the old people. During uremia,
if patients have muscular atrophy and loss of weight, it is necessary for them
to take more protein.
3. Patients with little urine, less dialysis and hyperkalemia must control
the intake of food with much potassium, such as pear, banana and so on. Patients
with severe hypertension, edema, and hypernatronemia should have less intake of
sodium. Have 4-5 grams of salt or less every day. Patients with little urine,
hypertension, and edema should also control the intake of water. The amount of
water taken should be less than the urine that expelled.
