Preventions for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-04-07 02:02

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease, and the development of PKD is slow. With the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, it will gradually cause kidney damage and cause kidney failure. So patients need to have effective treatment to shrink the kidney cysts and prevent the progression of kidney failure. Here we will introduce some preventions for PKD which can help reduce the further kidney damage and prevent kidney failure.

1. Prevent cold

For people with PKD, they will suffer from more pains because it is different from other kidney diseases, PKD is a genetic kidney disease which will accompany with patients all their life. So patients need to pay more attention to themselves. For PKD patients, they usually experience a low immune system, which will make them catching a cold easily, and cold can worsen the illness condition of PKD patients. So PKD patients need to prevent cold in their daily life, which can help prevent the progression of kidney failure.

2. Control their diet strictly

PKD patients need to keep a kidney-friendly diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden and control the worsen of their illness condition. Patients need to control their diet firmly, they should keep a low salt diet, and limit the intake of potassium, phosphorus. Besides, they also need to keep a low protein and low fat diet, and take more high vitamins and plant crude fiber foods, which can help keep a normal bowel movement.

3. Prevent trauma

With the enlargement of kidney cysts and the capsule inner pressure will be higher and higher, which will cause the enlargement of kidney cysts and the pressure of abdominal area is also elevated. In this condition, PKD patients need to prevent the trauma, because any slight trauma such as sprain, bruise and injury from falls will cause damage to kidney cysts. When kidney cysts rupture, it will cause bleeding which can easily cause infections. So patients need to prevent the possible trauma in their daily life.

4. Control the high blood pressure

Most of the PKD patients may have high blood pressure before they get kidney damage, and the unwell controlled high blood pressure will increase the damage of kidney function and it can also cause damage to heart and blood vessels of brain. So patients need to control their high blood pressure firmly. \

Above are the four common preventions for PKD patients, and they need to pay more attention to these preventions which will be helpful for their illness condition. If you still have some questions, you can contact with our online doctor, they will answer you freely.

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