Secondary Hypertension And PKD

2015-02-03 15:20

PKD, or polycystic kidney disease, is a genetic kidney disease with multiple kidney cysts on kidneys, and it will easily cause some severe symptoms with the development of PKD. Secondary hypertension is one of the common symptom in PKD, and patients need to have effective treatment to control the blood pressure, which can help protect their kidneys.

First, let’s get what does secondary hypertension mean.

Hypertension refers to high blood pressure, and there are two common types of hypertension for people. One is primary hypertension, and second is secondary hypertension.

There is no clear causes of primary hypertension for people, which is diagnosed in about 95% hypertensive people. Secondary hypertension is often caused by some reversible factors, such as kidney damage, low kidney function, pregnancy, side effects of medicines, obesity, or thyroid dysfunction, etc. So we can know the hypertension is PKD is mainly secondary hypertension.

Then what can cause the secondary hypertension in PKD?

As we know, there are numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress surrounding organs including kidneys. Then it will lead to the kidneys compressed and blood volume reduction, which will make the kidneys producing more renin, and it can easily cause the elevation of blood pressure for PKD patients. And the unwell controlled secondary hypertension will cause further damage to kidneys and worsen their illness condition.

So, how to treat the secondary hypertension for PKD patients?

1. Diet restriction

Since high salt intake will increase the blood pressure, so PKD patients need to limit the salt intake. And how much salt can be taken should depend on the own illness condition of patients. If you want to get a well planed diet for PKD patients, you can ask online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

2. Shrink kidney cysts

Since the high blood pressure is mainly caused by enlargement of kidney cysts, so patients need to have effective treatment to shrink the kidney cysts. Here we recommend the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which has the function of shrinking kidney cysts and improving kidney function. Once the PKD can be controlled well, the secondary hypertension can be controlled from root.

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