What To Do with Final Stage of PKD

2014-08-20 03:45

PKD in final stage actually refers to kidney failure which is a medical term used to describe the most terrible kidney condition. PKD is one of the chronic kidney problem that can cause progressive loss of kidney function. PKD in final stage means kidneys can not help to maintain the normal life any more, so dialysis or kidney transplant are always suggested for life-sustaining. Well, what can we do to improve life expectancy with final stage of PKD?

Final stage of PKD is a very dangerous condition. In such a case, the following measures are usually needed to improve life quality and prolong life span:

1. Bring all the symptoms under control

When PKD progresses to final stage, not only present symptoms like high blood pressure and proteinuria will become more serious, some new physical discomforts like skin itching, vomiting, diarrhea and insomia will appear. Some of these symptoms worsen kidney condition directly and some others lower patients’ life quality severely. Therefore, taking corresponding measures to alleviate them is very necessary.

2. Shrinking cysts in kidney

PKD progresses with the enlargement and increase of kidney cyst, so only when all the cysts are successfully removed from kidney, can kidney problem be solved permanently. However, so far no treatment or medicine has been proven to be able to cut all the cysts off from kidney, so we have to do the next best thing which is shrinking cysts to a small size. In PKD, small kidney cysts are harmless, so when large kidney cysts are shrunk successfully, further kidney damages are voided.

3. Repair injured kidney intrinsic cells

As we have said in the first paragraph, final stage of PKD actually refers to kidney failure. Under such a condition, the residual kidney function is very less and in some cases, dialysis or kidney transplant is needed for life safety. Therefore, for people with PKD in final stage, they needs to repair injured kidney cells to improve kidney function. Otherwise, their life expectancy can not be improved permanently. Chinese medicines show obvious effects in increasing the self-curative ability of kidney intrinsic cells. With Chinese medicines, kidney function can be improved greatly.

4. Kidney-friendly diet

Kidney-friendly diet is also needed to protect residual kidney function, because improper diet will increase kidney burden,which may do harm for residual kidney tissues.

5. Quit smoking and drinking

Both smoking and drinking alcohol are harmful for kidney, so quitting these bad living habits is necessary for patients with final stage of PKD.

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