2015年2月15日星期日

Can CKD Grade 3 Patients Have Watermelon

Can CKD (chronic kidney disease) grade 3 patients have watermelon? CKD is a general medical item which consists all kinds of chronic kidney diseases such as hypertensive kidney disease, diabetic kidney disease, purpura nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and so on. The condition is complex, so we can not make sure whether patients should have watermelon or not.
But we can make a decision on whether there is edema (oedema, dropsy, swelling) and so on. Why? Water melon contains so much water. If edema (oedema, dropsy, swelling) come into being, it indicates that the kidney fails to discharge water. In this case, we should take in less water or no water if necessary. Watermelon no doubt can worsen edema and gives kidney more burden.
Conversely, if CKD (chronic kidney disease) stage 3 patients have no edema, they can have watermelon for watermelon contains vitamin and can help discharge water in some extent.
Last but not least, diabetic nephropathy(diabetic kidney disease) should control the intake of fruit including watermelon for fruit contains sugar which is not good for the control of blood sugar.

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