How to Prevent PKD From Developing into Kidney Failure

2014-06-19 08:08

How to prevent PKD from developing kidney failure? I believe this would be a question for all the PKD patients and this is a most common problem that they are worried about. In this article, we will help give suggestions for PKD patients to prevent kidney failure. If you still have some questions, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also leave a message(both are free).

Why PKD patients want to prevent kidney failure?

Polycystic kidney failure is the most terrible result for all the PKD patients, so PKD patients want to have early preventions to avoid kidney failure. When PKD patients get into kidney failure, they will have many severe symptoms and complications, such as high blood pressure, kidney cyst infection, enlarged kidneys, difficulty breath, urinary tract infection, nausea and vomiting, etc, all these will make a bad prognosis for PKD patients. So they need to have early preventions to get rid of dialysis.

How to prevent PKD from developing into kidney failure?

1. Early prevention and treatment for complications

High blood pressure, urinary tract infection, kidney cyst rupture are common complications for PKD patients, and they are also the most common factor which can cause or worsen the kidney damage. So PKD patients need to have treatment for these complications. If they have kidney cyst rupture, they need to have early treatment, which can help prevent the infections, and prevent kidney failure.

2. Early diagnosis is necessary

As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease. If there is one people have PKD in a family, the other family members need to have regular tests, which can help find the PKD as early as possible. The earlier treatment patients have, the better prognosis PKD patients will have.

3. Nursing care at home

PKD patients also need to take care in their daily life, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure. The need to keep a healthy lifestyle, and take care with their daily diet. If you want to get more information about the home care for PKD patients, you can read this passage Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Diet, PKD Foods, which will be helpful for you. You can know what can eat and what cant eat for PKD patients in their daily diet.

4. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

The most important thing for PKD patients to prevent kidney failure is the treatment. Since the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, so PKD patients need to have treatment to shrink the big kidney cyst, and help prevent the increase of the kidney cysts. TCM will be a good choice for PKD patients, because it is more naturally and fundamentally, which can help really stop the progression of kidney failure.

If you are interested in the Chinese treatment for PKD patients, this passage (Chinese Herbal Therapy for PKD) will be helpful for you, and you will get more information which are beneficial for you. Still have any question, you can send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. Take care for your PKD.

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