What is a Healthy Diet for Children with Nephritis

The health of children is what all parents are concerned about. When a child gets Nephritis, the parents will be suggested that the treatment and proper nursing care at early stage is very important. In acute Nephritis, the children may have symptoms controlled and kidneys recovered by appropriate timely treatment. In the alternative, if not treated properly in initial stages, Nephritis may turn into a chronic stage and drag on for many years to develop into Uremia. A healthy diet for children with Diabetes will help for reducing the workload of the kidneys and assisting the treatment to control the kidney condition in children.

There are many points to pay attention to for the children sufferers.

Generally, your consumption of fluid, sodium and proteins should also be restricted. The intake of water can be gradually improved as urine output is increasing. Eating too much sodium will cause retention of water which will make swelling even worse. A child with Nephritis needs to restrict intake of water, depending on the extent of body swelling. The consumption of proteins should be kept to minimum as the breakdown of proteins will produce more urea product which is hard to removed by the diseased kidneys.

Fruits and vegetables are beneficial for children with Nephritis unless there is need to rule out high-potassium products in acute or chronic renal failure. Garlic, parsley, celery, papaya and bananas are especially helpful for Nephritis due to that those products have healing effect on the kidneys. The patients should avoid white bread, sugar, cakes, pastries, puddings, refined cereals, greasy, or fried foods, etc. Other foods to get rid of include tea, coffee, coffee, pickles and sauces.

In daily life, the child should also be well protected to avoid any chance of getting infections. Infections of the throat or other parts of the body may worsen the illness condition. For children with Nephritis, all measures should be adopted to relive workload of kidney by increasing elimination through other channels. Fresh air and outdoor exercises are beneficial for children with Nephritis. Diet assists to stabilizing the general condition, at the meantime, if the child is experiencing refractory symptoms and serious renal damage, the primary approach should be treating injured kidneys actively.

The above is just general guideline for a happy diet in Children Nephritis. For individualized information, you may contact us at kidneycares@hotmail.com.