With life quality improving, various eating habits can affect the illness
condition of PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease).
I. Eating without control. Eating too little leads to inanition while eating
too much easily damages gastric digestion and absorption function.
II. Eating with impurity. To slight degree, it can easily induce
gastrointestinal disorders. To severe degree, it can lead to poisoning and even
threaten life.
III. Eating with bias. Taking more cold food can easily damage spleen and
stomach; Taking more hot food can induce heat deposition; Taking more food of
any one flavor causes damage to internal organs.
Obviously, any eating habits above have a damaging effect on health, which
also influences the condition of Polycystic Kidney Disease. Then what should
patients pay attention to in diet? There are some suggestions from three
aspects:
The food which patients should take:
1. Taking more water: with the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease, kidney’s
concentrating ability is reduced, so more water is needed to excrete metabolin
out of human body. Therefore, without obvious Dropsy, DHF, Hypertension,
patients can’t limit water blindly.
2. Taking more high-quality protein food: timely replenish high-fiber,
high-vitamin or low-fat food; take proper sugar diet; without dietary bias; take
more corn grains, fresh vegetables and fruits.
3. More alkaline food can be taken, which is helpful in treatment.
The food which patients should not take:
1. Liquor. Wine, especially white spirit should be avoided for patients with
Renal Cysts Disease, because it can stimulate kidney fiercely and irritate
cyst’s protein active, thus increasing the growth of cyst.
2. Fermented food. It mainly refers to fermented food which comes from
bacterium, such as fermented bean curd, marinated eggs, because they can speed
up cyst growing.
3. Splanchnic food. As the old saying goes, we are what we eat. But it is not
scientific for patients with Renal Cysts Disease. When animals are killed, lots
of toxins will stay in their internal organs, especially liver and kidney. Once
taken by patients, they will aggravate Kidney Disease definitely.
4. Spicy or stimulating food, such as hot pepper; Alcohol and Tobacco;
stimulating food, such as chocolate, coffee, sea-fish, shrimp, crab; salty food,
especially pickled food; contaminated food, such as unhealthy food, rotten food,
leftovers; broiled food.
In a summary, besides a proper diet, patients with PKD (Polycystic Kidney
Disease) should accept scientific treatments. Only in this way, can they achieve
the best effect. If you want to know more, please consult the online
experts.
