foods to avoid with kidney problems

[Dee Sa]

If someone has kidney health problems, what foods should they avoid and what foods are good for them.
help appreciated.
Dee

[Sqad]

What kidney health problems?

[smudge]

When I was rushed to hospital & after passing a kidney stone, the consultant asked me to stop the calcium tablets I had been taking.

Not sure if that will helps Dee.

[smudge]

Sorry, I know you ask for foods, but I was told calcium build up can cause kidney stones.

[Dee Sa]

thanks for your replies.
Hubby rushed to hospital with breathing problems, he is a 50 something with severe diabetes [insulin injecting], problem this time was severe odema [ no Dvt] and they put him on a Ferusimide drip every day for a week, odema now under control and he feels much better, discharged from hosp and given 2 Furesimide 80mg per day, after 7 days at home GP sent him for a blood test to see how his kidneys are reacting to all this, then she phoned with the results to say come down to 40mg immediately, only drink 2 and half litres a day, salt free diet and come back for another blood test next week.
Hubby says he was once told tomatoes arent good for kidney problems and I was wondering what other foods he should avoid, all our meals are cooked from scratch no take aways etc.
any advice would be helpful.

[Sqad]

Dee Sa....99% of the posts on Health and Fitness can be adequately answered by a 2nd year medical student or even a retired hospital porter.

Unfortunately your problem is complicated, lacks essential medical data and fits into the 1% which cannot be adequately answered on this forum.

Points:
1) He is a diabetic and his symptoms could well be due to uncontrolled diabetes or organ complications of diabetes.
2)Shortness of breath and ankle oedema may well indicate a cardiac problem.
3) Those symptoms may indicate kidney disorder either related or completely unrelated to his diabetes.
4) On discharge from hospital, a letter would be sent to his GP summing up and giving a diagnosis.
5) What was the diagnosis?

Advice:
From you inadequate, but well written post, I would advice only a salt free diet and please do not restrict any foods in your husband's diet.
Tomatoes have nothing to do with kidney problems and I cannot think of any other foods that would harm your husband........that is of course if it IS a kidney problem.

Consult your GP for a proper diagnosis.

[Dee Sa]

many thanks Sqad, were back at GP next week for consultation and probably another blood test, will ask.We are more worried that the little sight he had left [ reg blind] has gone completely since this episode, we are at Moorfields for 6 monthly check on Tues. It never rains but it pours.
Dee

[Sqad]

Moorfields......can't do better than that.
Good luck.