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Low protein diet is not as simple as eating less meat. Nutritional advice for nephrotic patients

In addition to diabetes diet, low protein diet is another treatment measure as important as drugs. Once the doctor tells you that a low protein diet is needed in the future, it means that three meals a day are no longer arbitrary, but need to be well planned, otherwise it may affect the disease. However, clinicians usually do not have time to explain in great detail whether what is a low protein diet, so let Dr. Clove introduce it to you. A low protein diet means eating less meat? [Eat less food] [Meat can be eaten, but not too much] [Bean products cannot be eaten]… Doctors often tell patients this. However, the patients just feel that what should eat less Read More …

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How does diabetes hurt the kidney?

Kidney is an extremely important organ of human body. There are millions of small blood vessels with filtering function in the kidney, which are jointly responsible for removing metabolic wastes from human blood. Diabetes can damage the function of this filtration system, resulting in renal insufficiency. The damaged kidney can no longer effectively filter out metabolic wastes in blood, eventually leading to kidney disease. How does diabetes cause nephropathy? When we eat and digest protein foods, we will produce a large amount of metabolic waste. In the kidney, a large number of capillaries and small holes in the wall of blood vessels are natural filters, which can effectively filter out metabolic waste and retain beneficial components in blood. As blood Read More …

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Preventive Measures for Dengue Fever

As we all know, Guangdong suffered the worst dengue fever in 20 years in 2014. According to the epidemic situation reported by the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, as of zero o’clock on September 25, 2014, there were 8,273 confirmed cases in the province. Guangzhou has reported 6986 cases (84% of the province’s cases). A total of 3 deaths have been reported, all of which are over 70 years old and all suffer from basic diseases, while the vast majority of other cases are mainly mild diseases. Typical symptoms of dengue fever It mainly includes: sudden onset, rapid fever, body temperature up to 40 ℃ within 24 hours, accompanied by fear of cold, severe headache, orbital pain, muscle, Read More …

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Is the kidney bad when urinating?

The incidence rate of kidney diseases is getting higher and higher, and some common chronic diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, may lead to renal dysfunction, even uremia and renal failure, bringing heavy economic and mental burden to patients and families. In order to arouse people’s attention to kidney health, the International Society of Nephrology and the International Alliance of Kidney Funds have decided to designate the second Thursday in March each year as World Kidney Day starting from 2006. In the early stage of renal abnormalities, if handled in time, there is a great possibility to avoid developing renal failure. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to their kidney function and do not wait until obvious problems occur before mending Read More …

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Nutritionists tell you, dialysis patients how to eat

Our department hemodialysis room has a big ye, dialysis twice a week, each time is 4000 ml ultrafiltration, weight often exceeds the standard, often high blood potassium before dialysis. Every time I ask big ye, big ye always said he ate very little. Today, big ye brought his weekly recipe, let’s have a look together. Analysis of wrong recipes in dialysis patients There are many problems with this recipe, so don’t imitate it! Although the big ye’s diet is very rich and nutritious, there are a little too much porridge, soup and boiled water. This is not difficult to explain why the big ye gained so much weight during dialysis. Dr. Xiao from the nutrition department carefully analyzed the situation Read More …

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Dialysis, it is necessary to prepare in advance,

Let’s tell you two stories first. Case 1 Ms. Lei is a patient with chronic kidney disease. She found that her blood creatinine reached more than 500 six months ago. Therefore, at the doctor’s suggestion, she was hospitalized in advance and had arteriovenous fistula on her hand. The stitches were removed half a month after the operation. Ms. Lei was discharged from hospital and returned home, followed by regular follow-up in the outpatient department. Six months later, creatinine rose to more than 800, and doctors advised Ms. Lei to start hemodialysis treatment. As a result, Ms. Lei was hospitalized again, underwent a comprehensive physical examination, successfully passed the induction period of hemodialysis, and was discharged a week later. The total Read More …

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It’s dialysis, don’t be afraid!

Every time a patient hears that he is going to prepare for dialysis, he is very lost, scared and even refuses treatment. Today Dr. Clove will talk to you about dialysis. Dialysis is a commonly used treatment method. Simply put, when the patient’s kidney can no longer work effectively, a method is needed to help us complete the function of removing toxic substances from the kidney, including two methods: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Question 1: Dialysis is needed, is it going to die? Of course not! The reason why we need dialysis is for a better life. With the development of medical technology, the survival time of our dialysis patients is getting longer and longer. Now there are many patients Read More …

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Why do we have two kidneys?

In our abdominal cavity, we have a liver, a spleen, a pancreas, a stomach, a intestine, and–two kidneys. In terms of quantity, kidneys can be said to be a [exotic flower] in abdominal organs, no, two. But have you ever wondered why kidneys grow in such a different way from other organs? From the perspective of species evolution and embryo development, tens of thousands of words can be written here. However, in this article, I just want to tell you intuitively that the reason why we have two kidneys is that the kidneys are very busy… brothers work together and are not tired. What does the kidney look like? The kidneys are located on both sides of the back spine, Read More …

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Uremia and grinding diseases need to be faced patiently.

If kidney disease persists and gradually worsens, its final form may be uremia. Uremia means that kidney function is severely damaged and there is no way to recover. It can only rely on dialysis or kidney transplantation to continue living. I believe many people have heard of uremia. Is this a what disease? End stage of chronic kidney disease To say uremia, one must first understand chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease refers to the abnormality of kidney function or structure, which lasts for more than 3 months. At present, about 200 million people in China suffer from chronic kidney disease. When renal function problems occur, the main manifestation is that the ability to expel toxins decreases. In actual diagnosis Read More …

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Dialysis can also be done at home?

Recently, a piece of news has aroused widespread public concern. Due to the inability to afford the high treatment cost, a uremic patient in Hunan underwent dialysis at home for three years. He thought that his condition could be relieved, but it backfired and his condition tended to deteriorate. With poor equipment, difficult conditions and serious illness, the experience of this uremic patient really makes people sympathize. Can uremic patients have dialysis at home? What good suggestions do nephrologists have for such patients? Clove Garden kidney moderator, senior nephrology experts put forward their own views. Uremia is not a rare disease. Uremia is not a rare disease in our country. The latest survey shows that the prevalence rate of chronic Read More …