Patients on dialysis can eat most foods and can increase their protein intake moderately, but should avoid foods high in salt, fat, potassium and phosphorus. If the patient has little or no urine, water intake should also be restricted.
Patients on dialysis may lose protein during dialysis, so protein intake can be increased moderately, and the recommended protein intake is 1.0~1.2g/(kg.d), which can be supplemented by eating such as eggs, milk, fish and beef. At the same time, enough calories should be added to ensure the health of the body.
Dialysis patients should avoid the intake of high-salt foods, such as salty vegetables, all kinds of pickled foods, and salty snacks. Eating too much high salt food may increase the burden on the kidneys, aggravate edema, cause high blood pressure, and in severe cases, may even lead to acute left heart failure.
Dialysis patients should avoid high-fat food, such as fried, animal fat food, etc. Eating too much high-fat food, aggravate gastrointestinal burden, and may aggravate hyperlipidemia.
As dialysis patients can lead to potassium metabolism disorder, hyperkalemia is prone to cause the risk of cardiac arrest, so potassium intake should be strictly limited. Therefore, you can choose low-potassium foods for consumption, and you can also reduce the potassium content in foods by blanching.
Dialysis patients should also strictly control the intake of phosphorus, you can choose low phosphorus content of rice, bread, noodles, etc. to eat, avoid high-phosphorus seaweed, skimmed milk powder and so on.
Do dialysis patients need to eat according to the dietary principles, if the body is not feeling well, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment.