Patient was educated on foods to avoid on a renal diet as follows: Significant portion of our daily sodium intake is hidden in the various foods we eat and preparation products, such as, sauces, ketchup, and curry powders we use for cooking. A minor portion of the sodium consumption comes from the extra salt we add to our food during cooking. Avoid adding salt on the dinner table. Discarding the saltshaker can help avoid adding [...]

Patient was educated on measures to plan for renal diet recommendation as follows: Watch on potassium intake: Potassium levels in the blood are very closely regulated, as any potassium out of this range can be severely detrimental to the normal heart function. Usually, kidneys help in the maintenance of this normal range of potassium, by excreting any excess of potassium into the urine in states of potassium excess and reabsorbing potassium from the urine in [...]

Patient was educated on measures to plan for renal diet recommendation as follows: Watch on fluid intake: Poorly functioning kidneys cannot effectively excrete fluid from the body, which can result in back-up of fluid. Increased back-up of fluid in the circulation and tissues can result in increased workload on the heart, poorly controlled hypertension, edema, and weight gain. Fluid intake limitation could be recommended to these individuals and this limitation could be different from patient [...]

Patient was educated on measures to plan for renal diet recommendation as follows: Renal diet is typically recommended for individuals with compromised kidney function and in renal failure and compliance with renal diet can help patients in renal failure maintain/improve their health between the renal treatments. Dietary limitations recommended for these individuals help to reduce the workload on the poorly performing kidneys and prevent further deterioration of their function. These dietary limitations can also help [...]

Patient was educated on renal diet as follows: Kidneys perform the function of urine formation and elimination of excess fluid, toxins and wastes from the body. In individuals with compromised kidney function and renal failure, the kidneys are underperforming or totally stopped functioning, by which excess water, electrolytes, toxins, and other wastes can get accumulated in the body. Dialysis is a process typically performed 2 - 3 times a week, for individuals in renal failure, [...]