What happens if uremia left untreated?

Condition analysis:
In kidney failure, urea and other waste products, which are normally excreted into the urine, are retained in the blood. Early symptoms include anorexia and lethargy, and late symptoms can include decreased mental acuity and coma.

Urea is a substance produced by the liver and transported to the kidneys to be excreted from the body in the urine. From a medical perspective, urea is simply a poison containing nitrogen which must be eliminated from the body. Edgar Cayce recognized that urea in excess is toxic to the body but asserted that a certain amount of urea was necessary in the blood to assist with various functions such as coagulation and wound healing. The readings contain numerous examples of both kinds of urea imbalance, low and high.

Instructions:
1. Low protein and phosphorus diet
As for patients in the early stage of kidney disease, protein intake should not be limited strictly. However, in uremia, kidneys cannot discharge metabolic products of protein completely so blood urea nitrogen will increase in your body, which will burden your kidneys. At this time, protein intake should be restricted strictly. That is, you should follow a low protein and phosphorus diet.

2. Limit sodium intake and eat light foods
In uremia, you had better eat easily-digestible foods and reduce the intake of foods with high cholesterol and high saturated fatty acid. This helps avoid burdening your intestinal tract and kidneys.

3. Do not eat foods with high potassium and high purine.
If you have decreased urine output, you should not eat foods with high potassium such as bananas, oranges and soy sauce. Because potassium is discharged via urine. Less urine output will discharge less potassium. If you eat more high potassium foods, you may suffer from hyperkalemia, which can threaten your life.

4. Adequate carbohydrate intake
Due to protein limitation, calories are mainly supplied by carbohydrate. Thus, sugar in diet should be increased moderately to meet the needs of the body to the calories. At the same time, adequate calories can reduce the consumption of protein and reduce kidney burden.

5. Supplement vitamin and minerals
Due to poor appetite and imbalanced nutrition, you should eat some foods with rich vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin D such as fresh vegetables and fruits. As for anemia, you can eat some foods with rich iron like eggs, tomato, red dates and green leaf vegetables.