Polycystic Kidney Disease and Chronic Fatigue

2014-04-07 08:03

Chronic fatigue is a common compliant of people with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). What causes chronic fatigue for PKD patients? How to alleviate chronic fatigue? If you would like to know the answer, please go on reading. If you have any other questions, our free online service will help you a lot.

Causes of chronic fatigue for PKD patients

Many factors can contribute to your chronic fatigue for PKD patients. The common reasons are renal anemia, high blood pressure, poor sleeping quality, improper diet, physical inactivity, etc. But all in all, the underlying cause is kidney function decline caused by growing kidney cysts.

Treatment of chronic fatigue

-Exercise

Exercise has many health benefits. It does not only help control blood pressure, but also improves poor sleeping quality and poor appetite as well as boosts your energy. Though at the very beginning you may feel very tired, regular exercise really does good for your health. But in case of cyst rupture, you had better avoid strenuous activity and do some gentle exercises, such as walking, tai chi, qigong, etc.

-According to the probable causes of fatigue, take corresponding measures.

If your fatigue is caused by anemia, you should supplement iron and EPO. If it is caused by high blood pressure, you should control your blood pressure by medicines such as ACE inhibitors and ARBs. You may also adjust your diet after consulting your dietitian.

-Shrink kidney cysts and improve kidney function

In our hospital, we often recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to treat PKD. It can dilate blood vessels to improve ischemia and anoxia, which can improve your chronic fatigue. Besides, this therapy can inhibit the secretion of cyst fluid and remove the fluid from the sacs. What is more, it can restrain kidney inflammation, degrade extracellular matrix and provide essential substances for kidneys. These help kidney self-improvement.

Though chronic fatigue does not affect your life quality severely, you should attach importance as well. At last, hope you can live a happy and healthy life.

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