How Bad Is Alcohol For Polycystic Kidney Disease

2015-05-26 11:37

How bad is alcohol for polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? This is the question that many patients concern. In addition to medical treatment, daily care and nursing are also important. Can PKD patients drink alcohol?

Research has found that alcohol especially white spirits should be given up by PKD patients because alcohol has particularly great stimulation to the kidneys. It can stimulate the activity of the polycystic protein and speed up the secretion of the cystic fluid and the growth rate of the cysts.

Alcohol can cause deterioration of PKD. It can stimulate the liveness of polycystin and accelerate secretion of cyst fluid as well as promote the growth of the cysts. In addition, kidneys of PKD patients have already been damaged. If they drink too much alcohol, the organic nitrogen balance can be affected. Then there will be increased protein decomposition as well as blood urea nitrogen, which inevitably put a burden on the kidneys. For PKD patients, this can be a stumbling block on their way to recovery.

Moreover, the alcohol decomposition can produce acid metabolic acidosis which will lead to nausea, loss of appetite,depression, headache and many other symptoms in the patients.

Also, while alcohol affects the liver more directly, it can elevate blood pressure and cause dehydration. High blood pressure may damage the kidneys. High blood pressure is the number two cause of kidney failure.

Alcohol is dangerous to drink when you are on some kinds of medicines.

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