Is Coriander Good for Kidney Failure Patients?

Coriander is a common vegetable in our life, a natural herb which can deal with various of discomforts. Although it is healthy and useful for some people, for kidney failure patients, they may need to avoid coriander which contains high potassium.

For kidney failure patients, their kidney function is gradually reduced which will cause the electrolyte disorder in body, and the most common symptom in electrolyte is high potassium level. Because of the kidney damage, the kidneys cannot leak out the excess potassium in blood, which will cause high potassium level.

There are some bad effects on kidney failure patients with high potassium level, such as hyperventilation, nausea and changes in pulse rate. Besides, the high potassium level will also attack the heart, or even cause death. So for kidney failure patients, they should firmly control their high potassium level.

High potassium level is a common symptom for kidney failure patients, but it doesn’t mean that all the kidney failure patients may have high potassium level. So the intake of coriander is all depending on the potassium level in kidney failure patients.