Low Potassium Diet Suggestions for Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients

2015-01-02 06:57

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease, and patients will have numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. The cysts will be increased and get enlarged, which will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. And patients will have some abnormal levels in blood, such as high potassium level.

Then what does high potassium level mean in PKD?

Potassium is a mineral in blood, which can help your muscles work properly and keep your regular heartbeat. Kidneys have the function of regulating the potassium level in blood. However, when the kidneys are damaged, it will fail to work well, which will cause the elevation of potassium level in blood. So when PKD patients suffer from high potassium level, it means their kidneys have been damaged by the enlargement of kidney cysts. The high potassium level in blood will cause some severe symptoms, such as irregular heart beat, heart failure or even sudden death. So PKD patients need to keep a low potassium diet if they have high potassium level in blood.

Low potassium diet suggestions for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) patients.

For PKD patients with high potassium level in blood need to limit their potassium intake, which will be helpful for their illness condition. In general, patients with kidney disease need to eat less than 1,500 to 2,700 mg of potassium per day. However, since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case for PKD patients, so they need to first ask the advice of their doctor, and keep a strict diet list.

Here are some low potassium fruits include apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, grapes, pineapples, strawberries, etc. Low potassium vegetables contains alfalfa sprouts, green beans, cokked carrots, celery, corn, lettuce, green peppers, raw spinach and squash.

And patients need to avoid the high potassium foods include bananas, oranges, melons, beans, raw carrots, mushrooms, pickles, etc.

Therefore, PKD patients need to take proper amount of low potassium foods depending on their own illness condition, which will be helpful for their illness condition. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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