PKD Patients with Severe Joint Pain: Is There Any Way to Alleviate

2014-03-29 01:07

Joint pain is often associated with various causes, such as osteoarthritis, bursitis, gout, strains, sprains, and other injures. For PKD patients, severe joint pain is associated with the decline of kidney function. Is there any way to alleviate severe joint pain?

Take painkillers

If your joint pain is very severe, you can take some painkillers like aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium or Cox-2 inhibitors to relieve pain. But some of them have renal toxicity, so you had better take them under the instruction of doctor.

Remove uric acid

Uric acid is a common cause of joint pain. Uric acid is a metabolic waste which should be passed out of the body by the kidneys. But the growing cysts affect the kidney function. As a result, uric acid build up in the blood. Too much uric acid are prone to forming crystal and depositing in the joints. To lower uric acid, you should limit the intake of food high in uric acid, such as beans, mutton, beef, turkey, etc. Some medicines can help lower uric acid, for example, probenecid can help your kidneys eliminate uric acid and allopurinol can block the production of uric acid.

Improve kidney function

PKD patients with severe joint pain should improve kidney function so that uric acid can be removed from blood. In our hospital, we have many therapies, such as Medicated Bath, Foot Bath, Enema Therapy, Hot Compress Therapy, Moxibustion, Oral Chinese Medicine, Polluted Blood Therapy, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, etc. They help cleanse polluted blood as well as repair the damaged kidneys. With the improvement of your kidney function, joint pain can be alleviated.

Calcium deficiency and side effects of medication may also lead to joint pain. In this case, you should supplement calcium and change the medicine you take.

From the above we can see that joint pain is caused by various causes. So if you suffer from severe joint pain, you should talk with your doctor to find the underlying cause and then take corresponding measures. For more information, please contact our online doctors.

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