Living With PKD

Polycystic Kidney Disease has been regarded as one of the leading life-threatening illness around the world. It is a kidney disorder with increasing cysts in kidney. So far there is no cure for PKD, but with large amounts of clinical experiments, some Chinese medicines have been proven to be able to shrink kidney cysts and improve kidney function. For this reason, Chinese medicine begins to attract more and more patients’ attention worldwide.
PKD is inherited, so children with parents suffering from polycystic kidney run very high risk for this illness. This is the reason why regular medical test is needed by them. In initial stage of PKD, no obvious discomforts are caused. At that moment, illness can be controlled very well. Thus, a timely treatment plays a very important role for the prevention of kidney failure.
Besides, once being told to be living with PKD, diet changes and a very good nursing care are necessary. They are the basic for PKD patients to slow down illness progression, so listening to doctors and arranging scientific diet plan are also very important.