How to Prevent Kidney Failure with PKD

2014-04-04 08:02

PKD gets worse over time. Without effective treatment, it will develop to kidney failure. How to prevent kidney failure with PKD?

Control diet

Healthy diet plays an important role in preventing deterioration of renal function. It is recommended to take 2-6 g salt per day to lower blood pressure. You should also follow a low protein diet to lower creatinine level and BUN. Besides, low fat and high vitamins and fiber are all good for your health. According to your medical condition, potassium and phosphorus may also need to be limited.

Lower blood pressure

Most PKD patients have high blood pressure before kidney function impairment. If you can not control blood pressure timely, it will further damage your kidneys. Besides, high blood pressure may also affect your heart and cerebrovascular, resulting in serious complications, such as stroke. Therefore, it is vital to lower blood pressure for you to prevent kidney failure.

Prevent injury

With the growing of kidney cysts, the capsule inner pressure will gradually increase, leading to the enlargement of bilateral kidneys and the increase of intra-abdominal pressure. Any slight injury such as sprain, bruising and falls can strike the cysts, leading to cyst rupture and infection. It will also worsen your state of illness. Therefore, you should protect yourself from injury.

Avoid cold

Frequent cold can worsen your state of illness and accelerate the process of kidney damage, so you should improve immune system and prevent cold.

Aggressive treatment

Treatment to remove the kidney cysts also helps to prevent kidney failure. In the early stages, you can use surgeries to drain the cysts. But it can only ease your medical condition temporarily. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a good treatment to shrink cysts as well as repair your damaged kidneys. The shrunken cysts will not damage your kidneys and then you can live a normal life. If you have interest in our therapies, please contact online doctors.

At last, hope you can live a happy and healthy life.

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