Therapy for acute renal failure (ANV) must include therapy for the underlying disease.
General measures
- Drug withdrawal
- Nicotine restriction (refraining from tobacco use), as harmful to the kidneys!
- Avoid hyperglycemia (hyperglycemia).
- Review of permanent medication due topossible effect on the existing disease: discontinue all nephrotoxic drugs (if possible).
- Avoidance of environmental stress:
- Metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel, chromium, uranium).
- Halogenated hydrocarbons (HFCs; trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene, hexachlorobutadiene, chloroform).
- Herbicides (paraquat, diquat, chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids).
- Mycotoxins (ochratoxin A, citrinin, aflatoxin B1).
- Aliphatic hydrocarbons (2,2,4-trimethylpentane, decalin, unleaded gasoline, mitomycin C).
- Melamine
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
- Dialysis (renal replacement therapy)
Regular checkups
- Regular medical checkups
Nutritional medicine
- Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
- Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
- A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
- Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
- High-fiber diet (whole grains, vegetables).
- Observance of the following special dietary recommendations:
- In general, the diet should be low in protein (low protein), but due to the risk of malnutrition, protein intake should not be reduced too drastically.
- Fluid and electrolyte balancing
- Selection of appropriate foods based on the nutritional analysis
- See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
- Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.
