The Health Diet for Patients on Diabetic Nephropathy with Dialysis

To a extent, patients with Diabetic Nephropathy should have a health diet on their daily life, and then what is the health diet for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy on dialysis.

Diabetes nephropathy is one of the complications of diabetes, which is also the significant cause to ESRD. As the common kidney disease, diabetes nephropathy have become a nettlesome puzzle to many people.

In the end stage of diabetes nephropathy, western medicine will suggest patients to receive dialysis and customize recipes according to different condition. However, why should diabetes nephropathy patients limit their diet during dialysis? Experts said that there are several explanations for the question.
1. To maintain the balance of nitrogen.

2. To avoid the excessive water intake due to hyperglycemia and hypernatremia.

3. Doses of insulin or oral agents may need to be adjusted for patients with dialysis to avoid hyperkalemia and hyperlipidaemia. With the decrease of kidney function, the need of insulin to diabetes nephropathy patients will reduce as well, it’s because of the reduce of renal insulin metabolism, renal insulin clearance and muscle insulin intake as well as the extension of exogenous insulin half-life. The increase of insulin demand for ESRD patients may related to neoglycogenesis and glucogenesis’ augment.

In fact, diabetes nephropathy patients do not have to undergo dialysis all their life, combine therapy of Chinese medicine and western medicine can help them get rid of dialysis and return to society gradually.


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