Fatigue is a common symptom for patients who undergo dialysis. In order to relieve or ease the symptom, most patients have the concern: what are good foods for dialysis patients with fatigue? Now, let’s see.

The causes of fatigue for dialysis patients

The main reasons of fatigue after dialysis are loss of kidney functions and malnutrition due to loss of appetite and dietary restrictions. Besides, many dialysis patients suffer from extreme stress, anxiety and worry which might be another reason of fatigue.

The good food that help relieve fatigue

Kidney dialysis patients have a special diet they must adhere to for many reasons. The diet includes choosing foods that are low in sodium, potassium, and protein. For dialysis patients with fatigue, they should take rich iron diet so as to prevent anemia which is associated with tiredness. The rich-iron foods include lean meat, black fungus, red dates, cherries, celery and so on. In addition, in order to prevent malnutrition, it is important to have a high-quality protein diet like egg white, milk, lean meat, fish and so on. In addition, patients should also avoid high potassium level food. Better choice include apples, apricots, berries like strawberries and blueberries, green beans, cabbage and eggplant.

After all, diet regulation just can be helpful to some extent but cannot relieve it from the root. because dialysis it just a machine that replaces parts of renal function and cannot repair kidney damage from the root. Therefore, aside from diet therapy, it is important to look for alternative treatment to dialysis. We can help you and to know more suggestions, you can talk with our Online Doctor or leave a message to renal-disease@hotmail.com. And we will do our best to help you.