Foods for Patients with Lupus Nephritis(Lupus Nephropathy)

Lupus Nephritis(Lupus Nephropathy)is a kind of secondary kidney disease which is caused by long time lupus, which can be called SLE for short. Apart from effective treatment plan, patients also focus on the food or diet, which can assist the recovery.
1. Patients should limit or avoid foods such as: fig, astragalus smicus, rape, caraway and celery etc. Mushrooms and certain tobacco can also trigger the potential effect of systemic Lupus erythematosus. Do not eat spicy or stimulates foods such as chili, raw onions and raw garlic etc.
2. Foods that are recommended for patients go as follows: Patients who have Lupus Nephritis will have mass protein loss into urine, which will lead to hypoproteinemia. That is why patients have to supply some high quality protein to sustain the balance of protein in our body. Here the high quality protein means the animal protein such as egg, chicken, lean meat, milk and bean products etc.
3. Lupus Nephritis patients should supply enough calcium to prevent osteoporosis caused by glucocorticoid.
4. Patients should consume adequate fresh vegetables and fruits which are abundant in Vitamin.
5. Lupus Nephropathy patients should stick to the low salt and low fat diet. Patients who take cortical hormone and those who have kidney function decline are very easy to have water retention, which is swelling or edema. That is why patients should stick to low salt diet.
6. Lupus Nephritis patients should stick to low fat diet. Patients have few physical activities and they have a weak digestive function, which requires them to have light foods.
7. Patients should stick to low sugar diet. Patients who use glucocorticoid for a long term are very easy to have steroid diabetes and cushing syndrome. So, they should not take too much and take less foods containing sugar.
8. In addition, patients should avoid in the sun for a long time when they are out. Try not to get a cold for fear of the aggravation of the disease.
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