What to Eat for Kidney Cyst Rupture in PKD

2015-03-21 01:52

PKD is a genetic kidney disease, and there are numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. The cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. In general, if the cyst is larger than 5 cm, it will cause the cyst rupture easily, which will be dangerous for PKD patients. In this condition, patients need to take treatment, and they also need to pay attention to their diet. Then what to eat for kidney cyst rupture in PKD?

In order to prevent the enlargement of cyst and cyst rupture, a well planed diet is very important for PKD patients. So patients need to prevent the spicy, greasy and high protein foods, which can help prevent the enlargement of kidney cysts and avoid cyst rupture.

The most important thing for kidney rupture patients in PKD is controlled their protein intake. As we know, protein is a necessary nutrition for people, both too much or too less intake of protein will be harmful for PKD patients. If patients take too much protein, it will produce more urea in body, which will increase kidney burden and cause further kidney damage. Then it will worsen their illness condition.

As the research shows that PKD patients need to take proper amount of protein depending on their own illness condition, which will be helpful for their illness condition. And the low protein diet can help put off the time of dialysis and slow down their progression. So PKD patients with kidney cyst rupture need to control their protein intake.

In addition, there are also some other diet suggestions for PKD patients with kidney cyst rupture, such as low salt intake, limit the potassium and phosphorus intake, etc. If you want to get more suggestions of the diet and treatment for PKD patients, you can consult online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. We will do our best to help you.

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