Can Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Eat Oranges

Can Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Eat Oranges Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy need to pay attention to the daily life. Choosing the right foods is the most important thing for the patients. And whether patients with DN can eat oranges or not, which always confuses patients a lot.Now there is an analysis about the relationship between oranges and Diabetic Nephropathy.

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most serious complication of diabetes, and there is no obvious symptom in the early stage. With the development of the disease,patients have the symptoms such as persistent proteinuria, edema, hypertension and low glomerular filtration rate, and finally renal function insufficiency and uremia would appear. Diabetic Nephropathy patients should make a scientific diet plan according to their physical condition.Then can patients with DN eat oranges?

Orange contains vitamins, malic acid, citric acid, protein, fat, fiber, and a variety of minerals, which is good to our health. But it does not mean Diabetic Nephropathy patients are allowed to eat oranges.orange is rich in potassium, patients should avoid eating it if they have high potassium level. That is because excessive amounts of potassium ions in the body can cause bradycardia, even seriously it can cause the heart to stop suddenly, which is life-threatening for the patients.

No matter what kind of kidney disease it is,when patients get high potassium level, they should be given a low potassium diet. High potassium foods include hamimelon, bananas, elaborated, apple, orange, lemon, apricot, plum, peanuts, melon seeds, raisins, laver, mushrooms, dried dates, lily, cauliflower, rape and so on.

According to what we mentioned, patients should have a clear idea about the relationship between oranges and Diabetic Nephropathy.And when they eat something, they should have a knowledge about them.If there are anything about diet bothered you, you can consult us .In Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, our experts have developed the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which is natural and effective. You can contact us online directly. We really hope you can get rid of Diabetic Nephropathy as soon as possible.