What Should I Eat with PKD

2016-04-23 06:54

PKD patients should take care of daily diet, which is helpful for controlling disease well. This time we will introduce what should eat for PKD patients.

1. low sodium

much salt can lead to high blood pressure for patients, thus, patients with PKD need to have a low salt or sodium in diet.

2. low fat and low cholesterol

it is also necessary to have a low fat and cholesterol diet in life.

3. caffeine and alcohol

it is suggested to avoid caffeine and alcohol in daily life, because these can aggravate growth of kidney cysts.

In addition, for those PKD who have kidney failure, they also need to follow the principles:

4. low protein

proteinuria is common for patients with kidney failure, and much protein produces much wastes, making kidney bear more pressure.

5. water intake

if there is swelling occurring on kidney failure patients, water need to be limited strictly in daily meals.

6. low potassium and low phosphorus

These can build up in body for PKD with kidney failure, and much can worsen kidney failure.

Diet plays an important role for kidney failure patients. A well planned diet is helpful for slowing down disease. The below principles should be followed by kidney failure patients. The fundamental harm of PKD is kidney cyst, thus, patients should shrink kidney cyst in life to prevent damage to kidney further. Chinese medicine can shrink kidney cyst very well by preventing secreting cyst fluids and enhancing permeability of cyst walls to make cyst fluids flow out easily. PKD can be controlled very well with Chinese medicine treatment.

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