What Can Cause Low Potassium Level in PKD

2014-07-17 09:10

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is a genetic kidney disease, and it is a severe condition for people. When people suffer from PKD, they will have some severe symptoms and complications, which will affect their normal life. Low potassium level in blood is a common symptom for PKD patients, and we will talk about this condition in this article.

What can cause low potassium level in blood in PKD?

Potassium is a necessary trace element for people. In general, when the potassium level is lower than the 3.5-5.0 mEq/L, people will have low potassium level in blood, which is also called potassium deficiency or hypokalemia.

There are some factors that can cause low potassium level in blood.

1. The enlargement of kidney cysts in PKD will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage, which will oppress the the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. When the kidneys are damaged, it will cause low potassium in blood.

2. For PKD patients, they often have a poor appetite, which will make them reducing the intake of potassium, which can also cause low potassium in blood.

3. Swelling is a common symptom for PKD patients, so many patients would like to take diuretics to relieve the swelling. However, this can also cause the loss of potassium into urine, which can cause low potassium in blood.

What are the symptoms when PKD patients have low potassium level in blood?

When PKD patients have low potassium level in blood, they will have some severe symptoms such as poor vison, muscle cramp, gastrointestinal tract paralysis, weakness in muscles, fatigue, vomiting, nausea, irritability or depression, etc.

How to treat the low potassium level in blood in PKD?

From above, we can know that the low potassium will be bad for PKD patients, so they need to have treatment as early as possible, which can help make a good prognosis for them.

1. They need to take high potassium foods it PKD patients have low potassium level in blood.

2. They also need to take treatment to shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function, which can help regulate the potassium level in blood.

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