Top 6 Suggestions for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-09-16 08:37

Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic kidney disease, and it is also a progressive kidney disease. The gradually increase and enlargement of kidney cysts will cause kidney damage, and it will finally cause kidney failure. In order to prevent the kidney failure, PKD patients need to pay attention to some factors to help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

Here are the top 6 suggestions for polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

1. Keep optimistic

For PKD patients, they need to keep a optimistic mind, which can help improve their immune system, and this will be helpful for them in defeating the kidney disease. They should follow advice of their doctors and have early and effective treatment, which can help stop the development of PKD.

2. Keep a scientific medicine treatment

Since PDK patients will have some severe complications, so they need to take some medicine to help control the symptoms. They need to follow the advice of their doctors and keep a right dosage of the medicine, which will be helpful for their illness condition.

3. Keep a well planed diet

For PKD patients, they need to keep a well planed diet, such as limit the salt intake, avoid the spicy foods, polluted foods, etc. All these can help reduce the kidney burden and prevent the increase of kidney cysts.

4. Take a good rest

Since the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will cause the big belly for PKD patients. If patients don’t take a good rest, patients will easily have kidney cyst rupture, which will be harmful for patients. So patients need to take a good rest.

5. Prevent infection

PKD patients also need to prevent the possible infections, such as kidney cyst infection and urinary tract infection, because the infections will increase the progression of kidney failure from PKD.

6. Control the high blood pressure

About 50% of the PKD patients will suffer from high blood pressure with their kidney disease, and the unwell controlled high blood pressure will cause further damage to kidneys, so patients need to have effective treatment to control the high blood pressure.

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