Actually, protein is not a taboo for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and patients are just asked to reduce the intake of it. We all know the mass of proteinuria is the major symptom of Chronic Kidney Disease, then how do the protein flow into patients’ urine?
For patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, protein can get into their urine in many ways. For example, proteinuria can not only results from the damaged glomerular filtration membrane, but also arises from the malabsorption of kidney tubules to protein. All in all, when our kidneys can not stop protein from being leaked, proteinuria(Proteinuria and Kidney Disease) will appear and meanwhile, we can say renal function decreases. For patients with damaged renal function, their remaining kidney function can not help to keep protein in their body. By this time, if they ingest too much protein, which has beyond the filtration ability of their kidneys, excessive protein will leak out from their body and the more protein patients with Chronic Kidney Disease ingest the more protein in their urine. Ingesting too much protein will burden our kidneys. With the great burden, patients’ remaining parts of kidneys will be damaged gradually. Therefore, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease should avoid ingesting too much protein.
For patients with proteinuria, the intake of protein should be based on their body weight. Usually, 0.6 gram to 1.0 gram of protein is suitable for each kilogram of body weight everyday. In addition, protein ingested by patients should be high-quality protein. This kind of protein is contained by fish, lean meat and egg white and so on.
