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- Compare and contrast the types and levels of proteins necessary for renal patients with nephrotic syndrome, acute kidney disease, and chronic kidney disease.
- Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.
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Compare and contrast the types and levels of proteins necessary for renal patients
with nephrotic syndrome, acute kidney disease, and chronic kidney disease.
Low-level protein intake is recommended for all renal patients with nephrotic syndrome,
acute kidney disease, or chronic kidney disease (Di Iorio, Micco, Marzocco, De Simone, De
Blasio, Sirico, & Ubi Study Group 2017). The above-named cases of renal patients are
characterized by the disorder in the functioning of the kidney. Nephrotics syndrome results in too
much protein in the urine, thus low protein intake reduces the amount of excreted protein in the
urine. Also, acute kidney disease results in the inability of the kidney to filter wastes such as urea
from the blood, thus observing low protein intake reduces the concentration of waste products in
the blood. Chronic kidney disease results in loss of kidney functionalities; that is, the kidney is
not able to filter the waste products from the kidney properly. Thus it is recommended to
maintain a low protein level in the body to reduce the straining of the kidney.
Another similarity is that all renal patients with nephrotic syndrome, acute kidney
disease, or chronic kidney disease are advised to use proteins with low amino acid concentration
to avoid straining the kidney. There are various types of proteins with diff...