Uremia diet, dietary health care needs to be understood

For patients with uremia, in addition to early and scientific treatment, daily diet is also very important. The diet should contain enough calories and vitamins. A low-protein and low-salt diet is very important. Foods high in phosphorus should also be limited. Maintaining a good mood will also help to recover from the disease.

1. Diet and health care

Generally speaking, patients should be given sufficient calories, and the intake of fat and sugar should not be restricted to prevent protein decomposition in the body and maintain nitrogen balance. Give a low-salt, low-protein diet. The protein should be animal protein with high biological value such as eggs and milk. Avoid eating plant protein containing a large amount of non-essential amino acids (such as walnuts, peanuts, melon seeds and other nuts and bitter almonds, etc.). Avoid overeating large amounts of protein, and take the protein you are allowed to consume in one day in batches. Avoid the inability to fully utilize high-quality protein, resulting in relative insufficient protein intake. But you should pay attention to the amount of protein in fruits and vegetables. Large amounts of vitamins should also be given. The intake of cereals should be limited in the staple food. Provide high-calorie, low-protein wheat starch, corn starch, lotus root starch, etc. While giving urea patients a high-calorie, high-vitamin, low-protein diet, the intake of foods high in phosphorus is usually restricted. When eating rice, meat, or fish, boil them in water and remove the soup before cooking and eating. Or a low-phosphorus diet plus phosphate binders.

Some people advocate that the amount of water intake should be calculated based on the urine volume of the previous day plus 500ml. In the uremia stage, the water metabolism of patients is disordered, so the amount of water intake should be determined according to the specific situation. Generally, the amount of water intake should be kept at around 2L. You should also pay attention to the supplementation or restriction of trace elements such as potassium, sodium, and magnesium in your diet. Because the condition of patients with uremia is changeable. Therefore, the dietary treatment plan should be adjusted at any time according to the laboratory test report.

2. Preventive Care

When disease causes severe kidney damage, the kidneys become diseased and lose their ability to purify the blood, causing waste and fluid to accumulate in the body. The human body will produce various symptoms, namely uremia. The causes of uremia include: chronic glomerulonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis, renal tuberculosis, renal arteriosclerosis, urinary tract stones, prostate hypertrophy, bladder cancer, lupus erythematosus, diabetes, etc.

The gastrointestinal symptoms of uremia appear earliest, including poor appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, an ammonia smell in the mouth, inflamed gums, ulcers and bleeding of the oral mucosa, etc. The nervous system may experience insomnia, irritability, numbness and burning pain in the limbs. In the late stage, there may be drowsiness and even convulsions and coma. The cardiovascular system may present with hypertension and precordial pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, abdominal distension and pain, edema, and inability to lie flat caused by pericarditis and heart failure. Anemia and mucosal bleeding may occur in the blood system. The respiratory system may present with cough and chest pain caused by pneumonia and pleurisy. Uremia is a very dangerous disease, which can be life-threatening if not treated promptly.