Effects of Electrolyte Imbalance Caused By Kidney Failure

2014-04-13 03:05

Kidneys are important organ to us, and they have lots of functions such as filtering toxins and fluids in blood, excreting excess fluid in blood, making urine, etc. And kidneys can also help regulate the electrolyte balance for people. However, when the kidneys are damaged, it will cause electrolyte imbalance and this will cause some bad effects for kidney failure patients.

Here are some leading results caused by electrolyte imbalance of kidney failure.

1. High sodium level in body

When the kidneys are damaged, the kidney function will fail to work well, and this will cause the sodium retention in blood, which means high sodium level in body. And the high sodium level will cause the fluid retention as well, which will cause high blood pressure and swelling for kidney failure patients. In this condition, patients need to keep a low salt diet, and it can reduce the kidney burden and protect the residual kidney function.

2. Deposition of potassium

The low kidney function can also cause high potassium level for kidney failure patients, and the high potassium level will cause irregular heartbeat, weakness, heart attack or even death. So kidney failure patients need to avoid the high potassium foods in their daily diet.

3. Deposition of phosphorus

The kidney damage can also cause high phosphorus level in blood. As we know, phosphorus and calcium are kept in balance. When the phosphorus leve is higher, it will cause low calcium level in blood. Thus will cause serious bone problems for kidney failure patients.

Above are the common effects of electrolyte imbalance caused by kidney failure. When patients suffer from these symptoms, they fist need to restrict their diet to limit the intake of sodium, potassium or phosphorus, which can prevent the increase the amount of these levels. Besides, they also need to have treatment to improve their kidney function, since the effects of electrolyte imbalance are mainly caused by low kidney function.

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