How Much Potassium and Phosphorus Can I Have Daily with FSGS

The three main functions of kidney are balancing the water in body, excreting metabolism wastes out of body and secreting necessary elements to adjust the human body. When people are attacked by FSGS, with the kidney functions decline, there are many metabolism wastes stayed in body, leading to damage, so patients usually need a strict diet plan to limit the wastes content in body. Except the limitation of protein and water, FSGS patients with renal insufficient also need have a good control of the potassium and phosphorus intake. Today let us see how much potassium and phosphorus intake and and what kinds of food are suitable for FSGS patients.

The proper potassium intake and suitable low potassium foods for FSGS patients

The serum potassium range of normal people should keep in 3.5-5.5mmol/L. When the serum potassium of FSGS patients is higher than 5.5mmol/L or their urination volume every day is less than 1000ml, it is time for FSGS patients to limit potassium intake, and the proper potassium intake should be 1500-2000mg.

As for the low potassium foods, most of foods contains potassium, especially for vegetables and fruits. But patients can decrease the potassium content through proper cooking ways. Before eating something, patients had better remove the peels of foods and steep the foods for about 30 min, and patients can boil the foods. In addition, the vegetable soup contain rich potassium, patients should avoid them. And the low sodium salt and saltless soy both are rich in potassium.

The proper phosphorus intake and foods contain low phosphorus for FSGS patients

When the serium inorganic phosphorus level is higher than 5.5mg/dl, FSGS patients are easy suffer coronary heart disease, hyperparathyroidism and bone disease. At this time, the proper phosphorus intake should be controlled in 800-1000mg.

High phosphorus foods include milk, cheese, all kinds of dairy products, ice cream, oatmeal, soy products, chocolate and raisins, egg yolks, animal internal organs (brain, liver, kidney, bone marrow), nuts ( peanuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc.). Food with low phosphorus has the lotus root starch, starch, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, egg white, celery, spinach, tomatoes, melons, sugar cane, etc. And limitation protein foods intake also can get the purpose of limiting phosphorus intake.

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