Should Someone With PKD Drink Lots of Water

2015-01-17 02:17

Should someone with PKD drink lots of water? This should be a common question for all the PKD patients. As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will finally cause kidney damage without effective treatment.

Since PKD is a progressive kidney disease, so the specific illness condition will be different from case to case. Then whether PKD patients can drink lots of water is all depending on their own illness condition.

Here are two common situations for PKD patients to drink lots of water.

1. In early stage of PKD

In the early stage of PKD, patients with numerous kidney cysts without kidney damage. In this stage, they can drink lots of water, which can help remove the toxins and bacteria out into urine, and this can help prevent the enlargement of kidney cysts.

2. PKD patients with kidney damage

As we know, the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. For PKD patients with kidney damage, if they don’t have severe swelling or high blood pressure, they can drink lots of water, which can help remove the wastes out into urine, and it can also help prevent urinary tract infection (UTI).

However, in some other cases, PKD patients may need to limit the fluid intake

1. PKD patients with high blood pressure and swelling

For PKD patients, if they have high blood pressure or swelling with kidney damage, they may need to limit the fluid intake. Because too much fluid intake will worsen their symptoms and increase the progression of their disease.

2. PKD patients on dialysis

For PKD patients who are on dialysis, they are also need to limit the fluid intake. Because too much fluid intake will be bad for their disease, which can also be life-threatening for PKD patients.

Above are the answers for whether PKD patients can drink lots of water. Since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case, so PKD patients need to take water depending on their own condition. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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