How Much Fluid Intake for Dialysis Patient

How Much Fluid Intake for Dialysis Patient When the patients are receiving the dialysis treatments, that means the patients’ kidney diseases have developed to the end stage. So it is time for patients to concern some aspects, for example the diet, fluid intake and so on. These aspects seem to be tiny, however, they are so important to dialysis patients. The suitable fluid intake can benefit to dialysis patients. Do you know the reason for limiting the fluid? And how much fluid the dialysis patients should intake? Now I will communicate these questions with you.

Why the dialysis patients should limit the fluid?

You must know the function of the kidney is absorbing the useful substance and discharge the waste out of body. When the kidney was damaged, the functions will decline a lot. On the one hand , the kidney can not absorb enough necessary substance; on the other hand, it can not discharge the waste including redundant water. If the patients drink too much water, it can retain in the body and lead to edema and high blood pressure. What’s more? It also can increase the burden of the kidney, which is so serious. From above, you must know why the dialysis patients should limited the fluid.

How much fluid the dialysis patient should intake?

The amount of fluid intake is different from person to person. Because every patient’s condition is different and the fluid intake depends on the amount of urine in 24 hours. Generally speaking, the amount of water intake is the total of urine volume of yesterday plus 500ml fluid. There is an important point, the fluid is not only refers to the water, it also including the beverage, potions, soup and the water of the fruit and food contained. Due to the kidney disease, the patients are supposed to control the fluid intake under the guidance of the doctors. It is important to note that when in the hot summer, the patients should increase the amount of the fluid appropriately, 700ml is suitable.

Controlling the fluid intake is better to the dialysis patients. However, the most important thing for dialysis patients is finding a natural therapy to treat the kidney disease. So you can contact our online doctors, they can tell you some effective Chinese medical therapies. And if you have any questions , you also can send emails to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com.