High creatinine patient can drink orange juice it?

Orange body is a treasure, it and its skin, orange flesh and seeds have many health benefits and medicinal value. So for high creatinine patients can drink orange juice it? What are the benefits of orange juice have it?

Creatinine, one waste product, is generated from creatine. Normally, kidneys are responsible for eliminating it from the body. Most often, creatinine won’t be higher than the normal unless more than 50% of kidney function is lost. Additionally, dehydration, heart problems, high blood pressure, and some other factors can also cause elevated creatinine level.

Orange juice is made up of fresh orange, so it can preserve most nutrition of organs. Firstly, orange is abundant in vitamin C, carotene and some other antioxidants, so it can help protect remaining kidney tissues. From this point, orange juice is helpful to manage creatinine levels to some extent.

The second benefit of orange juice is that it can help flush out waste products and toxins, because it can help increase the urine output. However, urine output declines or even stops along with the obvious increase of creatinine level. In this case, patients should control their fluid intake and avoid foods that have the diuretic property. If you have this problem, you should limit your intake of orange juice.

Finally, orange juice is low in sodium, fat and protein, so it can help reduce the production of creatinine and prevent creatinine from rising. However, orange contains rich potassium. If patients are tested out high potassium level, they should also pay attention to the amount of orange juice to drink.
Patients with high creatinine should drink according to their own circumstances. If you want advice, you can message to chinakidneyhospital@gmail.com