Diet Suggestions for PKD and High Blood Pressure

2014-04-19 03:42

Recently we received a question about the diet suggestions for PKD and high blood pressure, which is from our e-mail box, pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. In the question, the patients has PKD and high blood pressure, and the doctor told him there is no treatment for him until kidney failure. So he doesn’t receive any treatment now. And he wants to know some diet suggestions for his condition.

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is a common kidney disease nowadays, and people with this disease will have numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. Usually, people may have no symptoms in their early stage with PKD. However, with the enlargement of kidney cysts, it will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage to kidneys. Then people will suffer from some serious symptoms, such as back pain, blood urine, protein urine, high blood pressure, swelling, etc.

High blood pressure is a common symptom for PKD patients, and about more than 50% PKD patients will suffer from high blood pressure. Besides, high blood pressure is also a common leading cause of kidney failure. So PKD patients need to control their high blood pressure firmly. Here are some diet suggestions for PKD and high blood pressure.

1. Keep a low salt diet

As we know, too much salt intake will elevate the blood pressure and swelling, so PKD patients with high blood pressure need to limit their salt intake. Besides, they also need to avoid the foods high in sodium. All these can help relieve their high blood pressure.

2. Keep a low protein diet

Since PKD patients may also have protein urine, they need to limit their protein intake, which can help reduce kidney burden and protect residual kidney function. In this process, it can also help lower high blood pressure.

If you want to get more diet suggestions, you can browse the page of Diet Recommendations for Patients with PKD, which will give you more information.

Except diet, people also need to have effective treatment to remedy PKD and high blood pressure. If people son’t have any treatment and wait for kidney failure, then they can only have dialysis or wait for a kidney transplant. In fact, they can have some alternative treatment to treat their PKD, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure or even prevent kidney failure. If you want to get the detailed treatment, you can leave a message below, or you can search the pages of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Treatment.

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