Drinks that patients with chronic kidney should avoid

Chronic kidney disease is an abnormal change in structure or renal function lasting for three months or more. The disease cannot be completely cured, will progress to chronic renal failure (the end of the chronic kidney disease) over time. BS.CKII Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Department of Nephropathy – Dialysis, urinary – kidney center – Male faculty, Tam Anh General Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, said people with chronic kidney disease need to limit the use of some types of items Drink below.

Alcohol, alcoholic beverages

In people with chronic kidney disease, the dialysis function of the kidneys begins to decline, no longer effective. Drinking a lot of alcohol or alcoholic beverages causes the kidneys to enhance activity to eliminate toxins, can even lead to acute kidney damage.

Soft drink

Diabetes are one of the main causes of chronic kidney disease. High blood sugar damages kidney blood vessels, causing worse renal function. Therefore, people with chronic kidney disease limit or avoid consuming high sugar and carbonated drinks.

Juice, fruit smoothie rich in potassium

Patients with chronic kidneys should cut foods and drinks containing many potassiums such as coconut, bananas, grapes, oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, mango … because the kidneys cannot filter out the excess potassium from the body. Rising blood potassium can cause arrhythmia and death. Depending on the stage of chronic kidney disease, the level of potassium potassium of each patient, which is less or less limited.

Water cooked

Drink water cooked from leaves such as tea leaves, papaya leaves, pots, squid grass … causing the kidneys to enhance activity to filter toxins from the body, the risk of serious kidney function damage More, leading to increased renal failure. More serious can lead to acute renal failure, life -threatening if not emergency timely.

Cow’s milk

Common types of milk in general have not adjusted the content of sugar, protein, minerals and electrolytes suitable for patients with chronic kidney. Therefore, patients need to add milk in the diet can refer to the formula milk for patients with kidney without dialysis and have dialysis.

In addition to the above -mentioned drinks, Dr. Thanh Thuy recommends that patients with chronic kidneys do not arbitrarily take drugs including Eastern medicine and Western medicine without consulting the doctor’s, avoiding the function of the agency’s function. This is more serious.