Contents:
- Medical Video: Study Shows Food Restriction Prevents and Reverses Polycystic Kidney Disease in Mice
- Impact of fasting for patients with chronic kidney disease
- So, can chronic kidney disease patients fast?
- What should be considered if chronic kidney disease patients want to fast?
Medical Video: Study Shows Food Restriction Prevents and Reverses Polycystic Kidney Disease in Mice
All Muslims will want to undergo fasting in Ramadan as perfectly as possible. This is also felt by patients with chronic diseases, such as kidney disease. Not a few people who experience chronic diseases, still want to undergo a full month of fasting. Then can patients with chronic kidney disease do fasting? What should be considered if the patient wants to fast?
Impact of fasting for patients with chronic kidney disease
Having fasting requires a person to hold hunger and thirst for approximately 12 hours. This may not seem difficult for people who are healthy and have normal bodily functions. However, what happens if fasting is carried out by sufferers of chronic kidney disease, which is basically experiencing an increase in nutritional needs? Actually, until now it is still a debate whether patients with chronic diseases may undergo fasting or not.
However, from various studies that have been carried out on patients with various types of chronic kidney disease that have been experienced, so far it states that it is not dangerous to do fasting in the month of Ramadan. Precisely in some chronic kidney diseases, fasting can improve the quality of life of patients and support the treatment they are currently undergoing.
This has been proven in studies involving patients suffering from bladder stones (urolithiasis), kidney transplants, and several other kidney diseases. Fasting actually has a good effect on kidney function in each patient.
So, can chronic kidney disease patients fast?
Not all patients who experience impaired kidney function are allowed to fast. This depends on the physical condition of each. Kidney disease patients who experience problems such as polyuria, uncontrolled blood sugar levels, blood pressure is always high, have infections and complications of heart function, you should not do fasting first. Because fasting can only worsen his condition.
While patients who are stable and do not have other complications, can be considered to undergo Ramadan fasting. Of course, patients and families must discuss in advance with the medical team handling the case.
What should be considered if chronic kidney disease patients want to fast?
Fasting can be done if the patient has a strong and stable physical condition. This must also be taken into consideration and the permission of the treating doctor. Some things that must be considered for patients with chronic kidney disease during fasting are:
- Continue to take medicines given by the doctor when dawn and break the fast.
- When breaking the fast, avoid eating foods that contain high potassium and phosphorus such as dates, apricots, fried foods, tea, soda, coffee, and cheese.
- Patients must fill their body fluids by drinking a lot while breaking and sahur. In one day, patients are advised to drink about 1-2 liters of water to avoid dehydration.
- Drinking water that should be consumed by patients with chronic kidney disease is mineral water. Avoid various kinds of drinks that can burden the kidneys such as coffee and tea.
- Patients should check the doctor at least every 1-2 weeks, during the fasting month.
- If symptoms appear such as swelling in some parts of the body, feeling dizzy, difficulty breathing, and feeling tired, the patient must immediately cancel his fast and immediately see a doctor.
