Management of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-10-11 07:02

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease, and there are multiple kidney cysts on kidneys. The cysts will be increased and get enlarged, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and finally cause kidney damage without effective treatment. In order to make a good prognosis for PKD patients, so patients need to have effective treatment as early as possible, and they also need to have a good management of their PKD in their daily life.

Here are the management of polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

1. Pain

Since the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, so the big kidney cysts will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause enlargement of kidneys, and this can easily cause kidney pain. In addition, when the kidney cyst is big enough, it will easily cause cyst rupture, and it can also cause severe pain for patients. So they need to have treatment to help shrink the kidney cyst and prevent cyst rupture, which can help relieve the pains.

2. Blood pressure

High blood pressure is a common symptom in PKD, and the unwell controlled high blood pressure will cause further damage to kidneys. So PKD patients need to control their blood pressure, which can help slow down the progression of PKD.

3. Dietary changes

As we know, all the kidney disease patients need to pay attention to their daily diet, and a well planed diet can help reduce the kidney burden and protect the kidneys. So PKD patients also need to have change their daily diet, and make a kidney-friendly diet. If you want to get a well planed diet depending on your own illness condition, you can send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, we will help make a diet plan to you.

4. Weight loss and exercises

PKD patients need to keep a healthy weight for their frame, because being overweight or underweight will worsen the illness condition, and increase the progression of kidney failure. And the need to do proper exercises to strengthen the immunity, which will be good for their illness condition.

5. Effective treatment

This is the most important management for PKD patients, because the effective treatment can help slow down the progression and make a good prognosis for patients. Here we recommend the traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to PKD patients, because it can help shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function. If you want to get more details of the treatment, you can consult the online doctor, or you can also leave a message to us.

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