Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Smoke

2015-04-18 03:52

Can polycystic kidney disease (PKD) patients smoke? During the treatment of PKD, most patients do not know smoking will affect their health, especially for males. As for PKD patients, smoking is forbidden for them.

1. Harmful substances in smoking 

Nicotine in cigarette

Nicotine will increase heart rate, elevate blood pressure, cause cardiovascular disease, speed up the blood coagulation which will block blood vessels, reduce blood flow to kidneys. That is, nicotine will worsen kidney disease.

Carbonic oxide in cigarette

Carbonic oxide will block the combination of normal oxygen and hemoglobin, causing your body anoxic. If it lasts for a long time, normal blood will get damaged and it increases the risk for heart disease and stroke. This also increases the burden on kidneys.

Elevate blood pressure

Long time of smoking will make your blood pressure elevated and injure your whole body’s microcirculation. As for kidney disease patients, smoking will increase the blood viscosity and make blood supply decreased in your body. This will damage renal cells and increase the risk of cancer. Smoking also has relation with decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and proteinuria.

2. From the above, we can see PKD patients should avoid smoking. Besides, patients also need to take early treatment for PKD otherwise it will delay the treatment, causing uremia. Treatment for PKD includes:

Chinese medicine treatment

Chinese medicine can inhibit cystic fluid, increase the permeability of cystic wall so as to shrink kidney cysts naturally.

Hematuria treatment

Patients should reduce activity and have a good rest.

Infection treatment

Infection is main complication of PKD and should be treated with antibiotics.

Hypertension treatment

Hypotensive medications can be used for lowering high blood pressure.

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