Dialysis patients can eat a small amount of celery if their blood potassium is not high.
Due to the serious decline of kidney function, uremia patients need dialysis treatment. At this time, patients are unable to eliminate excess water and toxins in the body, which may easily lead to hyperkalemia, therefore, they need to eat less potassium-rich food in their diet. Celery is a vegetable with medium potassium content, which may lead to hyperkalemia if too much of it is eaten, and in serious cases, it may even be life-threatening.
Therefore, dialysis patients need to control the amount of celery they eat. They can eat a small amount of celery if their blood potassium is not high, and it is best to soak celery in water for a few hours after cutting it into pieces to reduce the amount of potassium ions in celery.
For the diet of dialysis patients, it is recommended to consult nephrologist and nutritionist, and eat reasonably under the doctor’s guidance.