INSTRUCTIONS TO CKD PATIENTS
DO'S
- Maintain a proper vaccination schedule with dates.
- Do regular follow up with your nephrologist.
- Maintain your blood pressure and sugar charting
- Target BP < 135/85 mmHg
- Target pre meal sugar < 150, 2 hours post meals < 240. There is risk of low sugar levels with oral diabetic medicines.
- Diet in chronic kidney disease is low protein and low potassium.
- Life Style Modification like regular physical exercises, maintaining healthy body weight (BMI 20-25 kg/m), Yoga, meditation avoid undue stress & Stop smoking
- In case of Fever take paracetamol and for pain take tramadol.
DON'TS
- Not to take kidney harmful medicines, nephrotoxic, common painkillers like diclofenac, brufen.
- Not to use a non dominant arm (usually left arm) for blood testing, intravenous injections.
- Not to take special salt. Take only normal salt like original tata salt.
- No smoking, or any form of tobacco use
- Do not take indigenous medicine