Is It Okay for Renal Failure Patients Have Coffee

Coffee is popular in most of the regions around the world. It becomes an indispensable part in people’s lives. Someone loves it while others against it. However, it is believed that coffee or caffeine is the major culprit of sleeplessness, high blood pressure, diabetes or even Renal Failure in recent years.

Is it true? Can too much coffee impair one’s kidneys and trigger the Renal Failure?

Renal Failure describes a serious medical condition in which one’s kidneys fail to eliminate toxins or other stuffs from one’s blood and body.

Coffee is loaded with potassium, which exactly is strictly limited in people with the disease. What we fear most is that the high level of potassium coming from coffee triggers serious consequences.
Coffee is composed with caffeine, which is excreted by liver or kidneys. If one has already suffered from the diseaseor impaired kidneys, then drinking coffee will pose a heavier burden to his impaired kidneys. Undoubtedly, it has no good to the kidneys and illness condition. Besides,
caffeine contributes to obesity and increases in cholesterol levels or proteinuria.

This rule doesn’t apply to all the people. To those who have a good physical condition and are born with strong kidneys, the risk of developing kidney diseases depends. In other word, they develop a lower risk of suffering from Renal Failure. While for those with weak kidneys or in poor physical condition, coffee or caffeine definitely won’t help.

In conclusion, no evidence reveals that there’s some certain connection between Renal Failure and coffee. So any statements declaring the absolute ban or agreement towards Renal Failure or coffee are not right and should be doubted.

One thing you need to know is, different kidney diseases have different rules towards coffee-drinking. For example, people with PKD (polycystic kidney disease) are still allowed to consume coffee but with a limited amount. While for kidney stones, there are two opposite opinions, one opinion is in favor of coffee is able to lower the risk of developing a kidney stone, while the other think that coffee should be blamed for kidney stones.