What Diet Should PKD Patient Follow

2015-04-22 13:33

What diet should polycystic kidney disease (PKD) patients follow? PKD is an inherited kidney disease. It is difficult to treat PKD so nursing care becomes very important. Well, what is a diet for PKD patients?

Diet for PKD patients

1. keep far away from offal products

Offal products especially for animal live are not suitable for PKD patients. In the process of slaughtering animals, many toxins are in liver and kidney. The function of liver is detoxification. Many metabolic toxins deposit in animals’ internal organs. If PKD patients eat these animals, it will burden your kidneys and worsen your medical conditions.

2. avoid high protein foods

No matter which kidney disease you have, you should follow a low protein diet. PKD diet should avoid nitrogen metabolites synthesis in the body to reduce kidney’s excretory ability. Therefore, patients with PKD should avoid beans, tofu and other bean products.

3. avoid fermented foods

Fermented foods mainly refer to bacteria fermented foods like fermented bean curd and rotten eggs. Patients with PKD should avoid foods that can speed up the growth of cysts.

4. avoid liquor

PKD patients should avoid liquor. This is because liquor will stimulate the activity of polycystin and speed up the growth of kidney cyst.

5. restrict high sodium food

PKD patients should not eat high sodium foods such as canned food, pickles and processed foods.

6. avoid spicy and stimulated foods

Spicy and stimulated foods including peppers, liquor, shrimp and crab should be avoided by PKD patients.

In addition to proper diet for PKD patients, medical treatment should also be taken for PKD. The effective treatment is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which can improve the permeability of cystic wall, prevent the epithelial cells from secreting cystic fluid and shrink kidney cysts. What’s more, kidney function can also be improved. If you want to know detailed information, you can leave a message to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com or consult our online doctor directly.

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