Is Cranberry Juice Good for PKD Patients

2014-10-26 17:25

Is cranberry juice good for PKD patients? PKD is a genetic kidney disease with multiple kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will finally cause kidney failure without effective treatment.

For PKD patients they need to pay attention to their daily diet, and they need to know exactly what can eat and what cant eat in their daily diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden and slow down the progression of kidney failure from PKD. Cranberry is a kind of fruit, and taking cranberry juice has many benefits for PKD patients.

1. Prevent the urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common complication in PKD, which can be caused by many factors, and the UTI can cause further damage to kidneys. Taking cranberry juice can help prevent the UTI, which will be good for PKD patients. Because the effective substances in cranberry can help prevent the deposition of germs in urinary tract, and this can help prevent the UTI in PKD.

2. Improve the immune system

Cranberry juice is high in vitamin C, which can help improve the immune system. For PKD patients, they often have a low immune system, so they will easily get infections, which will cause further damage to kidneys.

Above are the main benefits of drinking cranberry juice for PKD patients, which will be good for their illness condition. However, since PKD is a progressive kidney disease, so the specific illness condition will be different from case to case, so patients need to take the cranberry juice depending on their own illness condition.

If you want to get more knowledge of the good foods for PKD patients for your own illness condition, you can consult the online doctor, or you can also send your test reports to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, our experts will help analysis it and make a well planed diet for you.

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