Cause and Management for Hyperkalemia in FSGS

Cause and Management for Hyperkalemia in FSGS Kidneys are responsibility for balancing water-electrolyte, excreting metabolism wastes and adjusting internal secretion. When people are attacked by FSGS, with the kidney functions decline, patients would suffer many complications, hyperkalemia is one of them. Hyperkalemia can influence the cardiac conduction system, sometimes it can lead to sudden cardiac arrest, threatening the life of patients. So the prevention and treatment for hyperkalemia is necessary.

Hyperkalemia refers to that there are too much potassium in blood. With the kidney function of adjusting water-electrolyte declining, FSGS patients would suffer oliguria and edema. Oliguria can lead to the decrease of excretion of potassium.

Mild hyperkalemia patients should have a close observation about the blood potassium level, and pay more attention to their daily diet and medicine use. Medicines can accumulate hyperkalemia include blood products, some blood pressure drugs and potassium-sparing diuretics and foods rich in potassium have banana, citrus, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, tea, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate and so on, but patients can lower the potassium level of these foods through freezing, soak and abandon soup.

When the blood potassium level is higher than 6 mmol/L, patients are in the medium and severe hyperkalemia, at this time, patients shouls try their best to lower their potassium level. Except the use of medicines under the suggestions of their doctors, if it is necessary, dialysis should be used. But the root treatment for FSGS patients to lower their potassium is reversing the kidney functions.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a good choice for FSGS patients. The active substances in medicine has functions of cleaning toxins in blood, expending blood vessels, promoting blood circulation and removing blood clots. When there are smooth and healthy blood blow into kidneys, kidney damage can be blocked and kidney functions also can be promoted. With the increase of urination, the water-electrolyte can be adjusted.

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