Daily Supplement for Stage 3 Kidney Failure Treatment

Chronic renal failure can be divided into four stages: renal compensatory period, nephropathy azotemia period, kidney failure period, uremia period. Patients in kidney failure period may be faced with dialysis, in this case, the key concern for the patients’ family numbers is the daily supplement for stage 3 kidney failure, professional proposal are as follows:

1. Ensure sufficient heat
The limit of protein intake may lead to malnutrition for kidney failure patients, so it is necessary to take sufficient heat, the daily intake of heat is 30~35 kcal per kilogram of body weight.
2. Low phosphorus diet
Because the kidney failure patients are susceptible to hyperphosphatemia, so they should take low phosphorus diet.
3. Low potassium diet
Serum potassium higher than 5.5mmol/L will lead to the disorder of nerve, muscle and heart and can have life-threatening complications, so patients with kidney failure should take low potassium diet.
4. Protein
The patients have not received dialysis should take low protein diet, the daily supply of protein is about 0.5 g per kilogram of body weight. Patients on dialysis should take high protein diet, the daily supply of protein is about 1.2 g per kilogram of body weight.
5. Vitamin
Patients with kidney failure need supplement of vitamin B and vitamin C, especially vitamin B6 and folic acid.
6. Microelement
Kidney failure patient are lack with zinc and iron, lean lamb and lean beef are appropriate to them.

Stage 3 kidney failure is the transition period to uremia, dialysis and pure western medicine can not cure the kidney failure completely, patients should seek for a better treatment to improve their condition. More details please refer to UNSH wellness solutions for renal failure