Recommended Diet for Hemodialysis Patients in Kidney Failure

2014-07-09 06:49

What are the recommended diet for hemodialysis patients in kidney failure? Hemodialysis is a kind of replacement treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys fail to work well. Depending on their own illness condition, kidney failure patients need to have 3 times or 2 times of dialysis in a week. For dialysis patients, they also need to keep a well planed diet, which will be good for their illness condition.

Here are the recommended diet for hemodialysis patients in kidney failure.

1. Limit the water intake

Hemodialysis patients need to limit their water intake, and the water intake principle is:

Patients who take dialysis 3 times in a week 500 ml/d + amount of 24 hours’ urine

Patients who take dialysis 2 times in a week 300 ml/d + amount of 24 hours’ urine

This amount of water intake in a day not include the water in foods.

2. Control the salt intake

Foe hemodialysis patients, they also need to limit the salt intake, which can help prevent the high blood pressure and swelling in body. The salt intake is depending on the urine output in 24 hours od patients.

If patients take dialysis 3 times in a week, and the amount of urine is less then 500 ml/d, they should take less then 3 g salt in a day.

If patients take 2 times of dialysis in a week, and the amount of urine is more than 1000 ml/d, they should take less then 4 g salt in a day.

3. Limit the high potassium foods

Hemodialysis patients should also limit the foods which are high in potassium if they have high potassium level in blood, which can help reduce the kidney burden.

4. Take high quality protein

During the dialysis, much protein can also be removed from blood, so patients need to take mpre protein in their daily diet. The recommended amount is 1.2 g/ kg body weight. And they should take the high quality protein, which can help reduce the wastes in blood.

5. Take proper amount of calcium

For hemodialysis patients, they often have low calcium in blood, so they suffer from severe bone problem. So hemodialysis patients also need to take proper amount of calcium in their diet, which will be good for their bones.

Above are the recommended diet for hemodialysis patients, which will be helpful for their illness condition. If you still have some questions after reading, you can leave a message, we will answer you within 24 hours.

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