Healthy Guidelines for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-11-21 06:56

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease with multiple kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. So PKD patients need to have early treatment to help slow down the progression, then what are the healthy guidelines for PKD patients?

Here are some healthy guidelines for PKD patients to help slow down the progression of their kidney disease.

1. Control the symptoms

For PKD patients, the enlargement of kidney cysts will cause kidney damage, and patients will have some severe symptoms, such as high blood pressure, swelling, protein in urine, blood in urine, etc. Then unwell controlled symptoms will cause further damage to kidneys, so PKD patients need to control their symptoms.

2. Keep a well planed diet

A well planed diet can help reduce the kidney burden and protect their kidneys, so patients need to make a kidney-friendly diet depending on their own illness condition.

3. Prevent cyst rupture

If the kidney cyst is large enough, it will get ruptured easily, and the cyst rupture will cause some severe symptoms for patients, such as infections, back pain, etc. So patients need to shrink the kidney cysts and prevent cyst rupture.

4. Stop drinking alcohol

PKD patients also need to stop drinking alcohol, because the alcohol will stimulate the kidney cysts wall to excrete more fluid out, which will cause the enlargement of kidney cysts.

5. Avoid strenuous exercises

Patients also need to avoid the strenuous exercises and prevent the possible injuries, which can help prevent kidney cyst rupture.

Above are the healthy guidelines for PKD patients to help make a good prognosis for them. In addition, they also need to have effective treatment to help shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function, all these can help prolong their life expectancy. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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