Take Steps to Keep Your Heart Healthy on Dialysis

2015-09-17 01:55

Patients with kidney disease have the high risk of developing heart problems in the long term. Such as heart attack and strokes which are very life threatening for patients. Here we mostly introduce how to take steps to keep your heart healthy on dialysis.

1. If you have high blood pressure or diabetes, it is very necessary and important that you must control them well in daily life. You should have a low salt, restricted water diet, take some regular exercise and avoid drinking, smoking.

2. control blood sugar level

Patients on dialysis need to have a low sugar diet in life, avoiding high sugar level.

3. control blood pressure well

In general, the target value of blood pressure before dialysis is lower than 140/90.and the target value of blood pressure after dialysis is lower than 130/80. Therefore, you can talk with your doctors to take medicine which can manage blood pressure.

4. manage cholesterol level

High blood fat and cholesterol level can make you more risky of heart disease and hypertension. Hence, it is good for you to eat a low fat and cholesterol meal in daily life. Besides, doing some exercise regularly is very beneficial.

5. omega-3 fatty acids

Patients on dialysis should have much food high in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, for instance, salmon, albacore tuna, lake trout and sardines, flaxseed oil, canola oil and walnuts.

6. lose weight

If you are overweight, you need to lose weight, which can be healthy for your heart.

7. alleviate anemia

If there is anemia occurring on patients, it is necessary to treat anemia well. Taking some iron supplement can be helpful.

8. good emotion

Patients on dialysis need also develop well being emotion in daily life, avoiding depression, stress and irritation.

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