Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Eat Orange?

Polycystic Kidney Disease is the genetic disease which also is one of leading cause of kidney function decline. Kidneys are the main metabolism organs, with the metabolic disorder, patients suffer more and more complications and symptoms. To live a high quality and long life, diet should be cautious. Then can Polycystic Kidney Disease patients eat orange.

1. Supply enough vitamin C

Vitamin C is an important nutrient for people, and it can help protect the kidney function and increase the kidney filtering rate. So PKD patients can take oranges in their daily life, which can help improve their immunity and protect the kidney function.

2. Improve appetite

Because of the kidney damage, the kidney function will be reduced, and the wastes and toxins will not be discharged promptly, which will cause the bad substances build up in blood. And patients will suffer from some serious symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Orange has the function of improving the appetite for PKD patients.

3. Help ease fatigue

For PKD patients, they will easily get fatigue because of their reduced kidney function. The citric acid in orange can help PKD patients to relieve their fatigue.

4. Prevent and help lower high blood pressure

For PKD patients, they often have the symptom of high blood pressure, which will cause further damage to the kidneys, so they should firmly control their high blood pressure. Orange contains hesperidin which can help strengthen the toughness of blood vessels and extend blood vessels, so kidney patients can eat some oranges to lower their high blood pressure.

Above are the common benefits for PKD patients to eat oranges, however, not all the PKD patients can eat it. As the oranges are also rich in potassium, so for PKD patients who have high potassium, they will not recommend to eat oranges.

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