Mucinex and Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-03-12 08:53

Mucinex is a kind or medicine, which is also called guaifenesin, and it is mainly used in treating cough, ear congestion, nasal congestion, sinus congestion and expectorant, which has great effects in treating these diseases. Recently some people with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) asked whether they can take mucinex with their disease.

As we know, western medicines often have great effects in treating diseases, but they may also cause side effects for people. So PKD patients need to pay attention to the side effects which may worsen their illness and cause further damage to kidneys. There are some common side effects of taking mucinex for people, such as breathing difficult, dyspnoea exacerbated, high blood pressure, nausea and nausea aggravated, and these side effects will increase the progression of kidney failure for PKD patients.

- Breathing difficult

Swelling is a common symptom for PKD patients, which can cause breathing difficulty. When PKD patients take mucinex will cause dyspnoea exacerbated for PKD patients, which will worsen the illness condition for PKD patients.

- High blood pressure

About 70%-80% PKD patients have the symptoms of high blood pressure, and taking mucinex will elevate the high blood pressure, which will cause further damage to PKD patients. In addition, the high blood pressure can also cause stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and impotence, all these will be harmful for PKD patients.

- Nausea

PKD patients often have the symptom of nausea which is caused by reduced kidney function. Because kidneys have the function of filtering toxins and wastes in blood, and the damaged kidneys will cause the wastes and toxins building up in blood, which will cause the symptoms of nausea, vomiting, etc for PKD patients. And taking mucinex will cause nausea aggravated for PKD patients, which will make patients sicker.

Then we can know that the side effects of taking mucinex will worsen the illness condition of PKD patients, and increase the progression of kidney failure. Therefore, PKD patients need to avoid taking mucinex when they suffer from cough and other diseases, they can some alternative treatments or medicines which has less side effects for PKD patients. If you want to get more detailed informations, you can leave a message to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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