Natural Remedies for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-03-29 06:10

Treating PKD is a long process. Conventional treatment for PKD is to take medicines to control its symptoms. But these medicines have many side effects. Therefore, more and more people turn to natural remedies for PKD.

Diet Therapy

Diet therapy is to treat medical conditions through eating. Treatments involve foods that improve specific health conditions, while avoiding foods that may the condition worse. For PKD patients, they should follow a low protein diet to reduce the production of wastes such as urea and creatinine, but you can take proper high quality protein like lean meat and egg white to satisfy the need of body. At the same time, you should have a low sodium diet to control blood pressure and fluid retention. Besides, you should consume some fresh vegetables and fruits high in fiber and vitamins. And according to your medical condition, you should limit potassium, phosphorus, etc.

Following a kidney-friendly diet can help delay the need for dialysis and kidney transplant, so it’s well worth the effort it takes.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapies

Diet therapy is often used as a complementary treatment to medication. Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies are also natural. There are oral Chinese medicine and external Chinese medicine. Some of them can inhibit the secretion of cyst fluid, some of them can increase the permeability of cyst walls, and some of them can increase the pressure between the inner and outside of cyst wall so that fluid can flow out, being removed from body with urine. What is more, they can repair the damaged kidneys and improve kidney function. Only in this way can you live a normal life.

Besides the above, you should also pay attention to exercise and keep a good mood. You can talk with our online doctors to learn more about the natural remedies for PKD.

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