The Diet Principles after Kidney Transplant for Kidney Failure Patients

Patients with kidney failure experienced kidney transplant will have various changes. It is because that the long-term usage of immunosuppressant may influence the metabolism of body, which will affect the patients’ body. Therefore, patients who done transplant need pay attention to the diet principles. The diet principles are as followed:

Patients should take the diet principles of low-salt, low-sugar, low-fat, high vitamin and appropriate amount of high quality protein, animal protein is the best.

Generally, after kidney transplant, patients will have these symptoms, such as obviously increased appetite and weight, the changes of sugar, protein, fat, cholesterol, urea acid, serum sodium, potassium, calcium and so on. At this time, the patients need to make a long-term diet plan with their families, so as to reach and maintain the good condition, avoid or reduce the incidence of fat, high blood pressure, high blood fat, and high blood sugar, prevent the shortage of nutrition element.

1. The amount of water every day:

When patients intake excessively water, it will burden kidneys. However, if less intake of water, it will influence the blood perfusion of the transplanted kidney. So, patients need to keep balance of input and output of water. The amount of water should be determined by the output urine per day. Generally speaking, the output urine is about 2000 ml every day, so patients should also drink water about 2000 ml.

2. Protein:

Immunosuppressant will speed up the proteolysis, prevent synthesis, so that increase the consumption of protein. Therefore, patients should increase the supply of high quality protein, which mainly refers to animal protein, including fish, egg, lean meat, etc. But vegetable proteins will metabolism too much amine, which increase the burden of kidney, including peanut, bean and so on. Patients should eat less them.

3. Strictly control the intake of sugar.

After kidney transplant, there will be easy to cause the blood sugar increase. If the patients eat too much sugar product, it will lead to increase blood sugar, which induces diabetes. Diabetes can not only affect the cardiovascular system, but also influence the kidney function. So, patients need pay high attention, and eat less dessert.

Food plays an important role during the treatment for patients, so if you have experienced kidney transplant, you should take care of the notice of the diet and keep good habit in daily life. If you have any problem to consult, please feel free to leave message to our online expert.

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