Nephrotic syndrome diet principles

Patients with nephrotic syndrome is often accompanied by gastrointestinal mucosal edema and ascites, affecting digestion and absorption, and because a large number of urinary protein loss, so that the body is protein malnutrition. Therefore, patients with nephrotic syndrome should be light, easily digestible, semi-liquid diet mainly specific principles are as follows:

1, limit sodium intake: patients with edema should be low-salt diet, so as not to aggravate edema. Usually no more than 2g daily amount of salt is appropriate, disabled preserved foods, use less MSG and food base, until the swelling subsided, when the plasma protein close to normal, resume normal diet.

2, the intake of quality protein: Under normal circumstances, patients with nephrotic syndrome of different levels of protein intake disease also have different requirements. ① early should be given high-protein diet, such as eggs, fish and meat, will help alleviate some of hypoproteinemia and consequent complications. ② occurs when chronic renal impairment (creatinine and urea nitrogen showed increased creatinine clearance rate) should be low-protein diet.

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3, limit fat intake: patients with nephrotic syndrome often have hyperlipidemia, and hyperlipidemia can cause arteriosclerosis and glomerular injury, and therefore should be limited to animal offal, fat and some seafood rich cholesterol and fat food intake.

4, micronutrient supplementation: because patients increased permeability of the glomerular basement membrane nephrotic syndrome, in addition to the loss of large amounts of protein in the urine, but also at the same time lost some trace elements and protein binding (such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, etc.) and vitamins, trace elements and should be given vitamin supplement rich in vegetables, fruits and grains and the like.


Above are some of the diet principles for nephrotic syndrome patients, which can be beneficial for their disease. If you want to learn more about the diet and treatment for nephrotic syndrome, you can send e-mail to chinakidneyhospital@gmail.com, or you can also contact with whastapp +8613633219293