I have never dealth with eclampsia, but drinking plenty of water every day could help. Hopefully someone else has better advice! Good luck!
The biggest factors, diet-wise, are to increase your water and potassium intake, and to lower your refined carb and sodium intake. This link is a list of high potassium foods, but any fresh fruits and veggies will have potassium in varying levels. Sodium and potassium work in tandem on a cellular level, so taking in more potassium will in turn lower sodium levels (and if you're filling up on high potassium foods, you're likely taking in less sodium). Refined carbs, if you aren't already familiar, are things like enriched flours, sugars, starches, etc. You're better off with whole grains and carbs from produce. As counterintuitive as it seems, drinking more water, rather than less, will work for you.
Hopefully your hormones will balance out soon! Eclampsia is SO scary, and magnesium treatments are NOT fun. Are you still having the symptoms? Still having seizures?
Suzanne
"Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want right now."
Thank you for response, I am not having any seziures just excessive protein in the urine and water gain. I will have to try eating more potassium and see how it goes.
Have they tested your kidney function? I'm sure they have, but if not, I'd ask for a test. Those can be two symptoms of kidney problems, which they could have missed and assumed it was related to the eclampsia. I hope you are doing better soon!!
Quoting lailaz12345:Thank you for response, I am not having any seziures just excessive protein in the urine and water gain. I will have to try eating more potassium and see how it goes.
Suzanne
"Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want right now."
What are your road trip snacks?
- lailaz12345
on Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:50 PM