Can My Child with ARPKD Play Sports

2015-09-28 08:21

Can my child with ARPKD play sports? Patients with ARPKD can play sports in daily life, but they need to take notice of the below things:

Sports which are strong and have body contact should be avoided for patients with ARPKD, because kidney cyst can be damaged or rupture with outside crashes. For some children who have large cysts, maybe running also makes them get uncomfortable, thus, running should be avoided for large cyst patients.

For children with ARPKD, whether they can do sports or what kind of sports is fit for them depends on exact conditions of patients. In addition, it is very necessary for children to avoid dehydration during doing sports. Dehydration makes patients with PKD have a higher risk of kidney stones.

In general, walking, jogging, swimming and riding are all OK for PKD patients, but football, basketball and hockey need to be avoided in daily life. Exercise should be controlled properly and do not be exhausted. Drinking enough water is necessary.

If you need more details or have any question, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime, reply will be given very fast for you. Diet also need to be paid attention to in life. To protect kidney function from damaging, patients with ARPKD should have a low protein, low phosphorus, low potassium, low salt diet with eating less fat, cholesterol, and eat more vegetables, fruits.

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