Right Diet for Nephrotic Syndrome Patients with Edema

Choose suitable diet is very important for kidney disease patients. Nephrotic Syndrome is urinary excretion of > 3 g of protein/day due to a glomerular disorder plus edema and hypoalbuminemia. And in other hand this disease is often among children. So today I want to share with you the right diet for our children.

1. Limit the water intake

Though it is good for us to drink more water, for the patients with edema drinking more water will aggravate the kidney disease and edema. Damaged kidneys fail to generate urine, which can cause water retention and edema, so limit the water intake is so necessary.

2. Reduce the salt intake

3. Increase the potassium intake

Because potassium has the function of adjusting intracellular fluid, for the patients without the disturbance of potassium metabolism, they can remit the symptom of edema through increasing the potassium intake.

4. Proper protein intake

For nephrotic syndrome patients, much protein intake will increase the kidney burden and aggravate disease. But protein is a necessary substance for every body, so proper protein intake is a right choice for the patients, and you had better choose the foods rich in high quality protein.

5. Drink tea

Many kinds of tea have the function of diuresis, so drinking them is good for the patients to remit edema. But you need to drink it under the expert′s instruction, because some tea may bring some harm for you.
Above are just some systematic diet suggestions. The detailed diet plan should be set up according to the every patients’ practical disease condition.

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