PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) can not be cured in the world by far, but it
doesn’t not mean that PKD patient can not live a long or quality life. A good
health care surely will prolong PKD patient’s life.
What patients with PKD should do to prolong life?
Diet. Diet makes an important role for we need to eat every day. What foods
we choose can improve or worsen the kidney condition. The common golden rules
for PKD patients are low salt, low fat and low potassium diet. Most fruits and
vegetables are beneficial to prolong PKD patient’s life. However, some
vegetables or fruits should be avoided for PKD patients, such as potato.
Exercise. Mild exercise helps improving life quality for PKD patients.
Patients with PKD can try ancient Chinese exercise, which is proved magic in
holistic improvement. Ancient Chinese exercise includes Tai Chi, Kong Fu, Qi
Gong etc. The fierce modern game should be avoided for PKD patients, because
these games may cause the rupture of renal cysts.
Treatment. Medical measures are the basic to alleviate polycystic kidneys.
Controlling the enlargement of renal cysts and move them out of the body can
prevent your kidney functions falling down from the root. Surgery and
conservative herbal therapy are two major choices for PKD. The former one
removes some larger cysts right away at the expense of trauma to kidneys. The
latter one shrinks and removes renal cysts naturally on the basis of costing
longer time. Choose a right treatment for yourself early can avoid many
sufferings and lead to a quality life.
What patients with PKD should avoid to prolong life?
● Alcohol and smoke.
● Intake of foods containing caffeine which will activate cyclic AMP which
can stimulate renal cysts to grow up.
● Take dialysis early. People with PKD should not take dialysis, unless GFR
is less than 15 or severe complications appear. Early being on dialysis can
reduce your kidney functions rapidly.
● Urinary Tract Infection.
● Kidney Stone
● High blood pressure
Many patients with PKD live a longer life than normal people. PKD doesn’t
sentence a forever poor and short life. As an old saying goes, some one will
achieve the goal if he has enough reason to make it. This goes for the life span
of PKD patients. Some of them live a longer life, because they do much better in
every aspects of life. Some of them live a short life for they do less in their
life. Hope every patient with PKD live a longer life. Any help, you can mail to
pkddoctor@hotmail.com
