What To Eat When Kidney Cysts Burst

2015-03-14 03:26

What to eat when kidney cysts burst? Daily nursing care is very important for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) patients and diet is one aspect. Patients need to make a proper diet plan according to their medical conditions so as to improve the therapeutic effects.

Avoid spicy and high protein foods

With enlarged kidney cysts and long time pressure on kidneys, it is easy to cause damages on kidney. Therefore, renal experts recommend patients to avoid kidney cyst burst. They should eat less or avoid spicy and high protein foods so as not to speed up the growth of kidney cyst.

Follow a light diet

PKD patients should follow a light diet. Too much or too low protein both are not good for kidneys. If you intake a large amount of protein, it will produce excessive metabolic substances like creatinine, urea and metabolites of nitrogen. To discharge these wastes and toxins from the body, kidneys certainly work overload. In this condition, glomerular is easy to be sclerosis and the deterioration of kidney function will be sped up. Therefore, it is necessary to limit protein intake.

Avoid high phosphorus and potassium-rich foods

Damaged kidneys are difficult to keep phosphorus and potassium in normal level. PKD patients usually have high phosphorus and high potassium level in blood. Thus, the diet for PKD should be low in phosphorus and potassium. Of course, if the lab tests do not show elevated phosphorus or potassium level in blood, you have no need to limit them so strictly.

In conclusion, the diet for PKD patients mainly depends on individual medical condition. If you get your own diet plan, you can send your medical conditions to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com or leave a message below. We will make a diet plan for you.

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