What are the Benefits of Foot Bath for PKD Patients

2014-07-11 01:54

As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be gradually increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. So PKD patients need to have effective treatment to improve their kidney function. Then what are the benefits of foot bath for PKD patients?

Foot bath is a kind of Chinese traditional treatment for people. People put some herbal medicine into the foot bath tub, which can help treat many kinds of chronic diseases. And it has many benefits for PKD patients to take foot bath.

1. Regulate the blood pressure

As we know, there are lots of acupoints in our feet, taking foot bath can help stimulate these acupoints, which can help increase the blood circulation, and regulate the blood pressure. High blood pressure is a common symptom among PKD patients, which will make a bad prognosis for patients. Since medicines to lower high blood pressure will cause some severe side effects for patients, so foot bath will be a good choice.

2. Improve the blood circulation

Foot bath can help expand the blood vessels in feet, which can help increase the blood circulation. And this can help bring more oxygen to kidneys, and prevent the blood clots, which will be good for PKD patients to prevent further kidney damage.

3. Improve the sleep quality

For PKD patients, there are many factors that will cause poor sleep quality, which will make PKD patients weaker and weaker. Foot bath can help relieve the fatigue and improve the sleep quality in PKD patients.

Above are the benefits of foot bath for PKD patients, which will be helpful in improving the illness condition of patients. If you want to get more information to the foot bath, or you want to know which herbs will be helpful in foot bath, you can send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. We will answer you within 24 hours.

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