How to Lower Potassium Level in Kidney Failure

2014-11-30 09:57

How to lower potassium level in kidney failure? Kidney failure, or renal failure, means gradually reduction of kidney function. When kidneys cant work well, it will cause some severe symptoms and imbalances in blood, which will affect the prognosis. High potassium level is a common sign in kidney failure, and patients need to have effective treatment to lower it.

What can cause high potassium level in kidney failure?

Potassium is an important mineral in blood, and it is the main positive ion in keeping the cell physiological activities. Most of the potassium comes from the daily foods we take, and the potassium in mainly excreted by kidneys. When kidneys are damaged in kidney failure, kidneys will fail to remove the potassium out, then patients will have high potassium level in blood.

In general, if the potassium level is more than 5 mEq/L in blood, we call it hyperkalemia. If potassium level is between 6-7 mEq/L, we call it moderate hyperkalemia. If potassium level is higher than 7 mEq/L, we call it severe hyperkalemia. And high potassium level in blood is a common sign in kidney failure. The high potassium level is very dangerous for patients, which will cause the severe complications, such as irregular heart beat, heart failure or even sudden death. So kidney failure patients need to have effective treatment to help lower the high potassium level in blood.

How to lower potassium level in kidney failure?

From above, we can know the high potassium level in blood is mainly caused by the severe kidney damage, so patients need to have effective treatment to help repair kidney damage and improve kidney function.

Here we recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which uses traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and the effective substances in herbs can help expand blood vessels and bring more nutrition and oxygen to kidneys. Then it can help repair damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function.

Through systemic treatment, kidney function can be improved effectively, and the potassium level can be reduced from root.

In addition, patients also need to limit the high potassium food, such as banana, potato, parsley, spinach, etc. So kidney failure patients need to limit the intake of these foods, which can help prevent the increase of potassium level in blood. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask online doctor, or you can also leave a message below, we will answer you as soon as possible.

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