Dietary precautions for patients with acute pyelonephritis include: paying attention to the diet should be light, easy to digest, adequate nutrition, and should drink more water.
Acute pyelonephritis is an acute bacterial inflammation of the renal pelvis and renal parenchyma, and the patient’s diet should be light and easy to digest while ensuring nutrient intake, and should drink more water.
1. The diet of patients with acute pyelonephritis should be less oily, less salty, easy to digest, and should ensure sufficient nutrition, including calories, high-quality proteins and vitamins, while avoiding spicy and stimulating foods.
2. Patients with acute pyelonephritis should increase water intake to promote urine excretion, and also increase the intake of light diuretic food moderately, such as pear, watermelon, banana, winter melon, cucumber and so on. Avoid spicy and stimulating foods such as mutton, chili peppers and onions. If severe edema occurs, the addition of salt in the diet should be controlled, and the intake of foods with high sodium content such as bacon and potatoes should be avoided.
Food is not a cure for acute pyelonephritis, patients with this disease should, in addition to dietary control, go to a regular hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions to actively treat the primary disease.