10 Symptoms and Treatments for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

9. A role for changes in diet

Although dietary changes will not cure anyone's CAH condition, the food the sufferers eat can definitely help alleviate some of its symptoms. Since poor retention of salt in the body is one of the key CAH problems, regularly eating salty foods might be helpful. Alternatively, or in addition to putting salty foods on the menu, people might benefit from salt supplement tablets. The extra salt in the diet should not come at the expense of sacrificing other dietary goals, for example, radically reducing junk food consumption.