Is Gooseberry Juice Good for My Father With Creatinine 2.2 and PKD

2014-08-02 01:46

Is gooseberry Juice good for my father with creatinine 2.2 and PKD? This is a question we received from our e-mail box, pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. In this article, we will help answer this question, and we hope this will be helpful for the patients.

What does creatinine 2.2 mean in PKD?

PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Creatinine is the waste product of muscle metabolism, which is mainly excreted by kidneys. When the kidneys are damaged severely, it will fail to work well, and this will cause the elevated creatinine level in blood. Creatinine 2.2 is higher than the normal level, which means the kidneys have been damaged by PKD.

Is gooseberry juice good for creatinine 2.2 and PKD patients?

Gooseberry is a kind of fruit, which is favored by people because of its high nutrition. Gooseberry is high in vitamin C, 18 kinds of amino acids, vitamin B1,B2, iron, etc, and it is also high in element traces, such as potassium, phosphorus, zinc, tin, etc, all these can be helpful for people. And taking gooseberry juice has many benefits for people, such as soften blood-fat blood vessels, reduce blood fat and blood pressure, improve the immune system, and anti-cancer, etc. In this aspect, drinking gooseberry juice will be good for PKD patients.

However, for PKD patients with creatinine 2.2, it will be bad for them to take gooseberry juice. As we know, kidneys have the function of keeping the balance of electrolyte. However, the kidneys have been damaged severely for PKD patients with creatinine 2.2, then they will have high potassium level or high phosphorus level in blood.

Gooseberry is also high in potassium and high in phosphorus, if PKD patients take too much gooseberry juice, it will easily worsen their illness condition, and cause severe side effects for them or it can be life-threatening for them.

Therefore, PKD patients with creatinine 2.2 should limit the intake of gooseberry juice, which will be good for their illness condition.

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