Diet suggestion for lupus nephropathy patients

This article will introduce to you the diet suggestion for lupus nephropathy patients .

Lupus nephritis is inflammation of the kidney that is caused by systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). Also called lupus, SLE is an autoimmune disease. With lupus, the body's immune system targets its own body tissues. Lupus nephritis happens when lupus involves the kidneys .

 We should do something  to prevent the disease become worse . Let us start from the diet .


1. Limit the intake of salt
The intake of salt should not exceed 2~4 g, in case of edema deteriorating and the increase of blood volume. Excessive salt for lupus nephropathy patients will lead to cardiac failure, so that the patients should take low salt diet.
2. Avoid fatty food
Fat can result in the worsen of atherosclerosis and suppressing hematopoietic function, but the patients need moderate fat intake to keep the balance nutrition, so they can take about 60 g vegetable oil per day to replenish fat.
3. Avoid the food containing high purine and nitrogen
The food rich in purine and nitrogen is hard to absorb for renal insufficiency patients, include spinach, radish, beans, sardine, soup-stock.
4. Avoid spicy food
Pungent condiment such as pepper and mustard is harmful to kidney function.
5. Limit water intake
Lupus nephropathy with high blood pressure and edema should limit water intake, because lupus nephropathy can cause the damage of renal function, which will hinder water discharge from the body, aggravate edema.
6. Limit plant protein intake

The intake of protein for lupus nephropathy depending on the extend of renal damage. When patients concurrent with oliguria, edema, high blood pressure and nitrogen retention, the intake of protein should be limited to 20~40 g to relieve the burden of kidney and avoid the retention of non-protein nitrogen.

Hope these content can help you in daily life .If you want to know more about kidney disease . Contact me through chinesemedicinekidney@hotmail.com .