Is There Any Fluid Limit Intake for Dialysis Patient

Is There Any Fluid Limit Intake for Dialysis Patient As we all know, kidney disease patients need a strict diet to prevent their kidney function and remit some symptoms. When patients have accepted dialysis, the diet become more strict than before in case of further body damages and poor dialysis effect. In addition, there is strict limitation of fluids intake for dialysis patients, this article will have a detailed introduction.

Many kidney failure patients think that the extra water and wastes products have been excreted out of body, so they are relax with their diet. In fact, it is a wrong idea. For dialysis patients, they usually has suffered oliguria and even anuria, so the fluids intake should be limited, otherwise, the edema, high blood pressure, heart failure or other complications would occur.

The basic fluids intake should revenue according to expenditure and keep the body balance. The output of fluids includes the urine volume, vomiting and diarrhea, no dominant water loss and the dialysis water off, while the input of fluids includes the water intake, the water in foods patients take and the endogenous water from metabolism and so on. Dialysis patients can weight themselves to measure the change of the fluids of their body. Generally speaking, the increased weight during dialysis should be kept in 1-1.5 kg, and there are some water intake tips for dialysis patients.

For patients with dialysis once a week, the proper water intake should be more than 100 ml than the urine volume yesterday, and patients who suffer from anuria should be less than 100 ml; for patients with dialysis two times a week, the water intake should be the total of 300ml and the urine volume yesterday, and patients with anuria should be less than 300 ml; and for patients with dialysis with three times a week, the water intake everyday should be more than 500 ml than the urine volume of yesterday, and patients with anuria should be less than 500ml.

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