What Kind of Medicines Are Good for PKD

2014-06-30 08:10

What kind of medicines are good for PKD? We need to get our illness under control once our life is affected by it. Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic kidney problem and it is said there is no cure for it. Well, can we take some medicines to get it under control? If yes, what kind of medicines are suggested for PKD patients?

Why we need to bring PKD under control?

For these who have never heard about PKD, they know nothing about it. But for these with PKD family, they must know it is a life-threatening illness. We do not die immediately once being affected by PKD, but our life is threatened seriously in different ways when illness develops to advanced stage. To live a longer and better life, we need to bring it under control, so as to reduce the bad influence on our life.

What kind of medicines are good for PKD?

Tight control of PKD depends on effective medicines or treatment. And here we will introduce several medicines that are needed by PKD patients.

1. Hypotensive drugs

Hypotensive drugs are good for PKD patients, because they can slow down PKD progress. Although Polycystic Kidney Disease is a problem about kidney, it can cause elevation of blood pressure because healthy kidney can help to regulate blood pressure by secreting a related hormone. Uncontrolled high blood pressure damage renal blood vessels directly, which can accelerate PKD progression. Therefore, hypotensive drugs are always needed by PKD patients.

2. Pain-killer

Lower back pain is the leading bothersome symptom of PKD and often it is chronic. For the pain feeling, PKD patients can take some over-the-counter medications containing acetaminophen to control.

3. Micro-Chinese medicine

PKD is an illness marked by increased kidney cyst. In PKD, kidney cyst enlarges over time and thus cause damages on kidney tissues. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a treatment that can shrink all the kidney cysts at one time. Besides, aside from shrink kidney cyst, it also shows great effects in improving kidney function.

4. Antibiotics for kidney infection

Frequent urinary tract infection is another problem that PKD patients may face. Drinking lots of water is helpful for mild UTI, but in severe cases, antibiotics need to be applied.

Medicines used by PKD patients should be on the basis of exact illness condition and also the usage of them should be under doctor’s directly, as improper usage of them always cause further kidney problem or other health tissues. Here we offer online service, if you have any questions about medications for PKD, please feel free to consult our online doctor.

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