What Food Should Eat for Hypertensive Nephropathy Patients?

What Food Should Eat for Hypertensive Nephropathy Patients? What diet is suggested for Hypertensive Nephropathy patients? We all know scientific diet is the basic for us to stay healthy, so we must know clearly what foods we should eat and what foods we need to avoid. Hypertensive Nephropathy is an illness that may involve all the body system when develops to late stage. Therefore, when one is unfortunately affected by Hypertensive Nephropathy, he needs to adjust his diet and try every means to stop illness from developing. Well then, what is the best diet for Hypertensive Nephropathy?

Before introducing the diet for Hypertensive Nephropathy, it is necessary for patients to understand what they can eat and can not eat not depends on their doctors, but their illness condition. Also, this explains why two Hypertensive Nephropathy patients need to make different diet changes.

Although the diet for Hypertensive Nephropathy differs from case to case, there is something in common:

Low-salt diet

Salt is the most common sauce of sodium which is normally excreted through kidney. High-salt diet increases the burden of kidney, which is not good for Hypertensive Nephropathy patients. Besides, due to kidney damages, kidney can not fully discharge sodium in the blood, leading to high sodium level. Existence of sodium in blood needs water, and this explains why we feel thirsty after eating pickled foods. Due to the increase of sodium level, large amounts of water accumulate in the blood, which will increase impact on blood vessel wall and cause further increase of blood pressure.

Low-protein diet

When kidneys fail to preserve protein in the body, the more protein we eat, the more protein leak into urine. Therefore, for Hypertensive Nephropathy patients who are detected with excess protein in urine, high-protein diet will worsen proteinuria and accelerate illness condition. However, for patients who have started dialysis, they need to eat much more protein to replenish the one lost during dialysis.

Limit potassium and phosphorus intake

Hypertensive Nephropathy patients run a higher risk for hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia compared with others, so it is necessary for them to pay attention to the potassium intake and phosphorus intake, especially when they have been detected with elevation of potassium and phosphorus level.

Eat much more high calcium foods

If calcium level in blood shows sign of decrease, eating much more high calcium foods is also necessary and this may help to prevent renal bone disease like bone pain, bone fracture and osteoporosis.

Lastly, as we have mentioned above, diet for Hypertensive Nephropathy patients depend on the specific illness. Therefore, if you wan to know the exact diet suggestions for you, please leave us message directly and you will surely get free advice within 48 hours.

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