Diet for Stage 3 Polycystic Kidney Disease

2014-09-09 02:11

What is the proper diet for stage 3 polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? As we know, all the kidney disease patients should be pay attention to their daily diet, so stage 3 PKD patients should also keep a well planed diet.

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease, and there are numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. And cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will cause kidney damage, and it will finally cause kidney failure. Stage 3 PKD means the kidneys have been damaged severely, and patients will suffer from some severe symptoms. In this condition, patients need to pay more attention to their daily diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden and protect the residual kidney function.

What are the proper diet for stage 3 PKD patients?

1. Low salt diet

Since high blood pressure is a common symptom in PKD, so patients need to limit the salt intake, which can help lower the high blood pressure. And they should also avoid the foods high in sodium, which can help prevent the further damage caused by the high blood pressure.

2. Low protein diet

When the kidneys are damaged by the enlargement of kidney cysts, patients will suffer from loss of protein in urine. In this condition, patients need to keep a low protein diet, they should take proper amount of high quality protein in their diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden.

3. Limit the fat and high cholesterol foods

For stage 3 PKD patients, they may have the hyperlipidemia, so they need to limit the fat and high cholesterol foods, which will be helpful for their illness condition.

In addition, they also need to stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol and beer, avoid the spicy foods, etc, all these will be good for PKD stage 3 patients. If you want to make a well planed diet for you stage 3 PKD, you can consult with our experts online, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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