Malnutrition is considered to be a serious obstacle on the way to the patient’s healing. It is able to slow down the treatment or cause medical complications, or, in some cases, it is likely to be a reason for the patient’s death. The purpose of this text is to observe the malnutrition development in a situation when a patient has chronic kidney disease and describe the details of it, including the possible consequences.
Patients suffering from chronic kidney disease are the group at risk of malnutrition development. There is a study that shows that as chronic kidney disease advances, it causes a significant increase in the severity of malnutrition (Aggarwal et al., 2018). Chronic kidney disease alters the metabolism of the patient and causes inflammation and hormonal imbalance. It influences nutrient intake, causing its decrease, as well as energy expenditure (Lorember, 2018). The development of malnutrition in the case of chronic kidney disease increases the risk of patient mortality (Jagadeswaran et al., 2019). It is necessary to find ways to prevent this risk.
Prevention of malnutrition demands individualized and multidisciplinary methods of treatment. Often malnutrition correction includes such strategies as dietary supplements and counseling the patient about nutrition. Psychosocial interventions sometimes are considered to be a necessary part of treatment as well (Aggarwal et al., 2018). However, there is research that provides evidence that supplemental feeding is not enough to control malnutrition (Lorember, 2018). It is important to provide an intervention to treat inflammation and metabolic changes. It is necessary to regulate hormonal imbalance and patients’ appetites as well (Lorember, 2018). Another important part of malnutrition prevention is constant control of the patient’s nutritional status.
References
Aggarwal, H. K., Jain, D., Chauda, R., Bhatia, S. & Sehgal, R. (2018). Assessment of malnutrition inflammation score in different stages of chronic kidney disease. PRILOZI,39(2-3), 51-61. Web.
Jagadeswaran, D., Indhumathi, E., Hemamalini, A.J., Sivakumar, V., Soundararajan, P., & Jayakumar, M. (2019). Inflammation and nutritional status assessment by malnutrition inflammation score and its outcome in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients. Clinical Nutrition, 38(1), 341-347. Web.
Lorember, F.M. (2018). Malnutrition in chronic kidney disease. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 6, 1-9. Web.