It seems that PKD patients live a shorter life than people with normal
kidneys. However, the fact is that some patients live a full and normal life
with PKD.
Here are 10 tips to prolong your lifespan with such a genetic kidney
disorder.
● Quit chocolate, coffee and any caffeine beverage. Caffeine increases the
quantity of the messenger protein cyclic AMP. This can trigger cyst fluids to
secrete, thus to enlarge all renal cysts, causing more damages to kidneys.
● Limit drinking wine, beer, alcohol. Just like caffeine, any type of alcohol
stimulates the enlargement of renal cysts. According to the research, drinking
has become the top 5 factors to shorten PKD patients’ life.
● Wear hammock or gallus instead of tighten belt. When your cysts grow up
more than 5cm, cyst rupture may happen at any time. Any hit to your abdomen may
lead to cyst bleeding. Besides, you should avoid bending to life heavy things
and constipation.
● Chinese herbs. Chinese herbal medicine has been used more than 5000 years,
which is proved to shrink renal cysts and improve kidney functions naturally. It
can help avoid the progression of PKD.
● Control cold. Cold or flu is a serious factor which can ruin out all the
treatment effects that achieved. It can increase the renal cysts both in size
and in number greatly.
● Immunotherapy. When your renal functions are prone to declining or begin to
decline, you need to reverse the kidney functions immediately. Otherwise, it is
hard to improve kidney functions a lot in the future. Immunotherapy are perfect
tool to generate new renal cells to improve your kidney functions in a very
short time.
● Dialysis is recommended when PKD develops into kidney failure stage.
Dialysis helps prolong your life, but the expense is that it will lower your
life quality.
● Kidney transplant seems a perfect treatment to prolong you lifetime. It is
important for you to check up whether cysts will grow in the donated kidney.
● Regulation your mind state. Emotion plays an important role in controlling
your renal cysts. Never lose your confidence in fighting against the disease,
otherwise, your disease will prevail.
How long can I live with PKD? Nobody can give you an answer. Only yourself
can decide it. Many people live longer, because they know what they should to in
their whole life to protect kidneys. They choose right treatment and live right
life.
