What Does Potassium 5.9 In Blood Mean for PKD Patients

2014-06-15 08:33

What Does potassium 5.9 in blood mean for PKD patients? This is a question we received from our website. In this article, we will help this patient to answer his questions. If you still have questions after reading, you can ask the doctor online, they will help you freely.

Why kidney disease patients will have the elevated potassium level in blood?

As we know, healthy kidneys have the function of keeping balance of the electrolyte in body. Potassium is a basic and necessary element for people, which is an important substance for people in their muscle tissues and nerve system, and it has many benefits for people, such as lower high blood pressure, protect the heart function, etc.

However, when the kidneys are damaged, it will cause the kidneys fail to work well, so it will cause the potassium building up in blood, which will cause the high potassium level in blood. When people have a high potassium level, they will have the symptoms of tired, weakness and heart failure, or even death.

Why PKD patients have high potassium level in blood?

As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and enlarged over time, which will cause the kidney damage. When the kidneys fail to work well, it will cause the high potassium level in blood.

What does potassium 5.9 in blood mean for PKD patients?

The normal potassium level in blood is 3.5-5.5 mmol/L. For PKD patients with potassium 5.9 level in blood, the potassium level is already higher than the normal level, and it means the kidneys have been damaged. In this condition, patients need to have effective treatment to lower the high potassium level 5.9 in blood.

Since the high potassium level is mainly caused by the kidney damage, so patients need to have treatment to repair the kidney damage and improve the kidney function.

Here we recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve the kidney function. In addition, it can also help shrink the kidney cysts and prevent the increase of the kidney cysts. All these will be helpful for the illness condition of patients. Then the potassium level 5.9 will be reduced fundamentally.

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