Diet of lupus nephritis

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For lupus nephritis patients, diet and treatment are indispensable. Treatment can make the patients recover to normal life as soon as possible, diet is conducive to the prognosis of patients and prevent recurrence. In addition, unreasonable diet will affect the treatment effect and aggravate the patient's condition.

Diet of lupus nephritis

Lupus nephritis patients should first do high-quality protein diet. Lupus nephritis patients have a lot of protein lost from the urine, which will cause hypoproteinemia. However, due to the impairment of renal function, we should not eat a lot of high protein food. It can be supplemented by adequate high-quality protein intake, such as milk, egg white, meat, fish and other protein rich foods to reduce plant protein intake.

Replenish the body's lost calcium. Long term use of drugs, coupled with kidney damage, can easily lead to the loss of calcium, therefore, timely supplement of calcium is very important, mainly eat vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins. Such as tomato, wax gourd, pumpkin, apple, etc.

Eat a low salt diet. Patients with lupus nephritis suffer from impaired kidney function and metabolic dysfunction. If too much salt is taken, the burden of kidney will be increased, resulting in * retention of water and sodium, aggravating the condition of patients, and unfavorable to early recovery of normal life.

matters needing attention

Lupus nephritis patients should not eat or eat less food with enhanced light sensitivity: such as fig, milk vetch, rape, yellow mud snail and celery, etc., should avoid sunlight after eating. Mushrooms such as mushrooms, Lentinus edodes, some food dyes and tobacco also have the potential effect of inducing systemic lupus erythematosus, so we should not eat them or eat them less.