1. Choose a high protein and low salt diet.

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with renal damage often lose a lot of protein from urine, which may cause hypoproteinemia. Therefore, we must supplement enough high-quality protein, drink more milk and eat more foods rich in protein, such as bean products, eggs, lean meat and fish. Patients who use hormones or have kidney damage are also prone to water and sodium retention and edema, and should choose a low-salt diet.

Choose a low-sugar and low-fat diet

Because patients with systemic lupus erythematosus take glucocorticoid for a long time, it is easy to cause steroid diabetes and Cushing's syndrome, so we should control our diet properly and eat less foods with high sugar content.

However, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have decreased activity and poor digestive function due to the disease. Therefore, they should eat light and digestible food, and should not eat greasy and fatty fried food. In addition, calcium should be supplemented to prevent osteoporosis caused by glucocorticoid; Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins.

3. Eat more foods that supplement "potassium"

Potassium is the main ionic component of intracellular fluid, which plays an important role in maintaining human health. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are prone to hypokalemia, such as fatigue, abdominal distension, insomnia, muscle paralysis, irregular heartbeat and so on. Due to the influence of diseases, drugs, diet and other aspects, it is necessary to supplement potassium. Foods rich in potassium are: green leafy vegetables, bananas, oranges, almonds, potatoes, soybeans, stone fruits and so on.

4. Eat less mutton, dog meat, horse meat, donkey meat and venison.

5. Spinach will aggravate the proteinuria and cast of lupus nephritis, which is easy to cause urinary calculi, and cauliflower may aggravate hair loss.

6. Mushrooms, celery and grass heads (southern alfalfa and Chinese milk vetch) can increase light perception; Spicy foods such as peppers, green peppers, garlic and green onions are not edible.

7. People with hyperlipidemia should eat less pork, lard, viscera, chicken oil, fat ducks, fat geese, fat cows, mutton and hairtail. And foods with high sugar content should also be avoided; Shrimp, crab and other seafood that can easily cause allergies should be eaten with caution.

8. It is not advisable to drink alcohol (including medicated wine and tonic wine) or smoke.

Extended data Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease involving multiple systems in the whole body. Its serum contains many autoantibodies, mainly antinuclear antibodies. Clinically, many kinds of system and organ injuries can occur, such as mucous membrane, joint, cardiovascular system, kidney, nervous system, blood system and so on.