Uremic patients can eat crayfish, but should control the intake.
Uremia is the ultimate manifestation of renal dysfunction, often combined with water electrolyte disorders. Crayfish itself is rich in nutrients, high protein content, moderate intake can increase the body’s nutrition, and therefore can be eaten but should control the intake.
But if the crayfish cooking method for spicy, marinated flavor will make sodium, potassium, phosphorus content increases, aggravate electrolyte disorders, sodium retention, resulting in edema, blood pressure is not easy to control, cardiac arrhythmia and skin itching.
And crayfish is a medium purine food, may aggravate hyperuricemia. In addition for the uremic patients who have not entered dialysis, if the intake of too much crayfish, daily protein intake exceeds the standard may aggravate the burden on the kidneys, should be more strictly limited consumption of crayfish.
Diet for uremic patients, it is recommended that the regular hospital consult a dietitian or nephrologist, under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment and development of individualized recipes.