Brief Answer:
Salt & protein restriction, good hydration
Detailed Answer:
Hi Sharron, thanks for using HCM.
I went through the query and under stood your concern.
1. About PERINDOPRIL: The drug mainly act with the help of renal function. Since he is suffering from
kidney injury and infection your doctor might have taken off. So you need to monitor for his BP and if raised other drug can be prescribed in place of it.
2. Frequency of urination:
a. Is your father prescribed any drug like thiazide or
furosemide (lasix) as these will increase the frequency, decrease blood pressure and helps in renal condition. If so the frequency will be mainly due to the drugs.
b. UTI also leads to increase frequency. So since he is on treatment for UTI with antibiotics increase urination will help the drug to go and act in the
urinary tract. The frequency will disappear with recovery.
c. Never reduce drinking water. His hydration should be good. The frequency will not reduce if he is on any
diuretic (urine forming drug) or till recovery of infection, instead he may get
dehydration and other problem. Hydration depends on the amount of urine formation. The intake should be more than output (200-300ml).
Diet: Give him soft food, avoid protein and salt rich food for some time. Food rich in
carbohydrate can be given (Rice, Bread etc)
Stop smoking: The first management is to stop smoking.
I hope this information helps you.
Feel free to ask if any further related queries and I will be glad to answer them.
Wish you and your dad a good health and faster recovery.
Regards
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