Kidney disease weakens your immune system and makes you prone to flu and being at high risk of flu complications which can result to hospitalization and even Death. 

It is highly recommended for people with CKD (Chronic kidney disease) to get vaccinated against flu once a year. The vaccine lessens over time hence the 1 year period which increases Immunity.


Flu tips

I like to recommend that people try to fight flu the natural way and that involves regularly eating citrus fruits like orange, lemon, and grapefruit. 

I don't know if you have noticed how more flu medications contain citrus as one of their special ingredients. That does not happen coincidentally, it's simply because it's well known that citrus contains Vitamin C and folic acid which is known to have anti-viral and inflammatory properties, making citrus useful for fighting flu viruses. 

I must also conclude that citrus does not prevent flu and that is why you need to consider vaccinating against flu once a year.


5 Flu tips for chronic kidney disease patients

There are plenty of things you can do to enjoy that glass of lemon water.


Flu tips

1. Mint leaves/crushed mint leaves, ginger, lemon and honey make such a nice healthy drink, which also detoxes your digestive system. You want to go really low on ice-cubes and cold water because remember we are not trying to invite the flu. Regularly drinking this drink and eating oranges will help you so much even when you don't know it. 

Common flu leading to serious flu will be a thing of the past because of regularly feeding your body with Vitamin C and watching as it works overtime to fight infections.

If you are infected with flu already, you don't have to panic.

2. Get antiviral drugs which will require a prescription from a doctor. Antiviral medication stops the viruses from multiplying and making more viruses that might worsen your flu symptoms

3. Please, if you know that you are going to be exposed to possible cold weather, make sure you wear warm clothes and stay from cold drinking habits on a regular basis. If you sweat a lot during the night, wake up and change the wet clothes, that will help you from getting flu. 

There is a misconception that flu is a winter's sickness, that statement is not true, in summer you can get flu. Remember that kidney damage weakens your immune system and makes it hard to fight flu in time? That is why fighting flu personally should also be top priority for kidney disease patients including those that are in dialysis treatment.

If you have any chronic disease you are living with now and searching for answers on the internet, If you come across this, please may you healed, physically and mentality. May your health be restored.


4. Sleeping comes in handy for fighting sickness because you give your body a chance work without disturbance and build up its immune system and fight the illness. I think this is a very well known fact.


5. Last but not least, Vaccination


Flu tips

I recommend you speak to a doctor who know much/enough about your type of chronic disease, they should be able to advice on where to start and how to start preparing your body for vaccinating for flu as a kidney patient for whatever type of chronic kidney disease you have. 

Vaccinating against flu will save you from always buying antiviral drugs for severe flu symptoms. And it will also help with reducing you to being prone to cold and flu.