What Happen with High Phosphorus

2016-01-03 08:41

It is common for patients with kidney disease to have high phosphorus level. Then what does high phosphorus mean and how is it caused? This time we will give you a detailed explanation.

Kidney has the function of regulating balance of calcium and phosphorus in blood. For kidney disease people, kidney function may declines gradually, in this way, kidney can not eliminate excessive phosphorus from body through urine, leading to high phosphorus level in the end. In this way, to keep the balance of calcium and phosphorus, calcium in bones will be pulled out to maintain this balance, which can cause bone problems. In addition, high phosphorus can promote PTH secretion, affecting our body.

Patients with kidney disease should have a low phosphorus diet, because much intake of phosphorus can put more burdens on kidney, worsening kidney function, besides, high potassium is also common to happen on patients with kidney disease in a similar way as well as phosphorus. Thus, patients with kidney disease should have a low phosphorus and potassium diet in daily life. Low protein is also necessary to avoid much BUN which is produced when protein is decomposed in body to worsen kidney condition. Low sodium is needed to prevent high blood pressure and swelling for patients with kidney disease.

How to treat high phosphorus level in kidney disease?

Phosphorus binders can be helpful for time being, but it can not treat it fundamentally. Chinese medicine can recover kidney function to make kidney remove excessive phosphorus from body effectively, which can solve the problem from the root. therefore, Chinese medicine is a good option for patients with high phosphorus. More or any question, leave a message or contact our online doctor anytime, reply will be given very fast for you

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