Diet Requirement for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2015-05-18 01:39

As we know, PKD is a genetic and progressive kidney disease with numerous cysts on kidneys, and it will finally develop into end stage kidney failure if taking no effective treatment. Diet is also very important for PKD patients, because the kidney-friendly diet can help reduce the kidney burden and slow down their progression. Then what should be the diet requirement for polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? In the following article, we will get the answer.

Here is the diet requirement for PKD patients.

1. Low protein diet

Proteinuria is one of the common symptoms in PKD. When patients suffer from proteinuria, they need to keep a low protein diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden and protect their kidney function.

2. Low salt diet

When PKD patients get the symptoms of high blood pressure and swelling, they need to take a low salt diet or even avoid the salt intake. Because too much salt intake will worsen their symptoms and cause further kidney damage.

3. Drink more water

If PKD patients don’t have the severe symptoms of swelling, they are recommended taking more water in daily life, which can help increase the urine output and remove the toxins and wastes out into urine.

4. Avoid drinking alcohol

PKD patients need to avoid drinking alcohol, especially white wine, because it will stimulate the enlargement of kidney cysts and lead to kidney damage.

5. Regulate the potassium and phosphorus intake

When PKD patients develop into advanced stage, they will get high potassium or high phosphorus level due to low kidney function, both are dangerous for patients. So they need to regulate the potassium and phosphorus intake depending on their own illness condition.

Above are some of the diet requirements for PKD patients, which will be beneficial for them. However, since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case, so PKD patients need to make a diet plan depending on their own condition. You can send you recent test reports to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, we will help analyze and then give you a diet chart for your disease.

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