Magnesium Deficiency and Polycystic Kidney Disease

Magnesium deficiency means the magnesium level in blood is less than 0.75 mmol/L, and people with magnesium deficiency will suffer from some serious symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. For PKD patients, they may also have magnesium deficiency. Then what can cause magnesium deficiency for polycystic kidney disease patients? And how to treat it effectively?

What can cause magnesium deficiency for PKD patients?

As we know, PKD is a common kidney disease for people, and it can be caused by inheritance. In addition, it is the forth leading cause of kidney failure in US, and there are many causes that can lead to magnesium deficiency.

1. The heavy loss of magnesium in digestive tract

Magnesium can be absorbed in small intestine and part of the colon. When people suffer from the symptoms of severe diarrhea, fat diarrhea, malabsorption, etc, it will cause magnesium deficiency easily.

2. Side effects of some drugs

Here are also some intake of drugs can cause the side effects of magnesium deficiency. For PKD patients, they often have the symptoms of swelling and high blood pressure, so they may need to take some diuretics. And the long term use of loop diuretic, thiazine or osmotic can also cause magnesium deficiency.

3. Insufficient supplement

For PKD patients, they need to keep s strict diet, and the insufficient supplement of magnesium can also cause low magnesium level in blood.

What are the symptoms of magnesium deficiency for PKD patients?

- Nausea, vomiting

- Loss of appetite and fatigue

- Muscle cramp or restless leg syndrome

- Arrhythmia

These are the early symptoms when PKD patients suffer from magnesium deficiency, if they have more severe symptoms, they need to have immediate treatment.

How to treat magnesium deficiency for PKD patients?

From above, we can know the main cause and symptoms when PKD patients suffer from magnesium deficiency, so they need to first find the basic cause and have symptomatic treatment.

For PKD patients, since their main cause of magnesium deficiency is because of their kidney damage, so they also need to repair their kidney damage and improve their kidney function, then their magnesium deficiency can be treated fundamentally.

Because of the words limited here, so we will not introduce the detailed treatment information. If you are suffer from magnesium deficiency with PKD, and you want to have an effective treatment, you can send your recent test reports to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, we will answer you as soon as possible.