What Kind of Diet can I Have with FSGS

FSGS is termed as renal glomerular epithelia disease. With the kidney function lose, patients usually suffer many symptoms due to the toxins and water retention in blood, insufficient some elements for normal metabolism and imbalance of blood pressure. With a wrong diet, the toxins in blood can increased, the blood pressure will be out of control and the further kidney damage happen. So FSGS patients must have a scientific diet plan in case of the happen of Stage 5 Kidney Failure. Here list some diet suggestions.

Firstly, you should limit your intake of salt, because more intake of salt can make you feel frequent thirsty and need to drink much water. However, your kidneys have been damaged, so the function of expelling water is impaired. In case of taking much water, you are at risk of developing water retention, which will aggravate the edema.

Secondly, you had better arrange a low-protein diet. The exact meaning of this principle is low-quantity and high-quality protein. Limiting protein intake can decrease the waste product urea in your blood and eases the burdens of the kidneys. Therefore, you should avoid eating too much food like milk, cheese, yogurt, fish, meat or eggs, but high-protein foods like lean meat, milk, fish, egg white etc are ok. Beans and bean products contain much inferior protein, so they should also be avoided.

Thirdly, you should restrict fatty and greasy food. Much intake of them can increase your risk of some FSGS complications, such as high cholesterol level, high blood pressure and so on.

Fourthly, stimulating foods like sea food, spicy food, beef, mutton, crabs, garlic, onions, parsley, dog meat and wine, coffee, seasoning and so on should be avoided.

If your FSGS has progressed to Renal Failure, low-potassium and low-phosphorus diets are necessary. High potassium foods include banana, date, potato, spinach, mushroom and so on. Phosphorous is high is foods like animal liver, yolk, tea, peanut, walnut, sesame, etc. Therefore, these foods should be avoided.

Besides, FSGS patients should stop drinking alcohol and smoking which are harmful to your kidney function. With a good prevention through reasonable diet and timely treatment, FSGS patients can keep away from dialysis or kidney transplant and live a healthy life like common people. And if you want to know more information about the FSGS diet or treatment, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will re ply you within 24 hours.