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Kidney Disease Cure: What's the latest?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jan 3, 2022 | Replies (37)

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@ayu50

A Happy New Year to you too and thanks for the information. I will check it later. I am seeing a nephrologist who also gave me a special diet I should be on.. He is the one monitoring my dialysis. Actually the thing is that I never experienced the symptoms of the CKD. My feet were not swollen, I did not have any nausea, loss of appetite in fact no symptoms to show that I had CKD it is only when I did my bloodwork that they saw that the creatinine level was very high. I also suffer from high blood pressure, which is suspected of being the reason of the CKD. hemoglobin was very ,low and apparently was due to the fact that the kidney was not receiving enough blood.at least that is what I was told. I was urinating all right and using the bathroom and it was only about two months ago that I stopped urinating but since about a week ago I have started having the urge to urinate and it has started coming again in trickles. So far the creatinine has gone down considerably and the reason why I asked if anyone knew a diet is because last month on the 6th of November when I did the test the creatinine level was 45. But when I did the test again on the 22 December it was up to 70. I really don't know what I did wrong for it to rise again. So I would like to know what type of food I should eat to lower the creatinine level than raise it up. That is my concern now, Thanks once again,

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@ayu50 The rule of thumb for kidney disease patients, is to find foods that meet these criteria: low potassium, low/no sodium, low phosphorus, normal calcium, watch your sugar intake, as well as your protein intake. As some of us like to say, "if it tastes good, it is not allowed. If it is allowed, it tastes terrible!" Limiting dairy to 1/2 cup a day, no sodas, no tomatoes, no potatoes, little red meat.

Here is a link from the National Kidney Foundation that may help you understand the way you and your doctor will work together to get a good diet in place for you. https://www.kidneyfund.org/kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease-ckd/kidney-friendly-diet-for-ckd.html My husband is also a kidney patient, and he received a transplant in late 2016. He based his foods on lab results.

We're here for you for any more questions! Let me know what your doctor will be guiding you to do.
Ginger