Drinking too much alcohol, even for healthy people can cause severe
output—heart disease, liver disease, high blood pressure and kidney disease. If
you want drink it safety, the key is to take moderate alcohol drinking. Does it
work in people with PKD? Does moderation of drinking affect Polycystic Kidney Disease?
Moderation of drinking alcohol may be okay for PKD patients who are not in
severe condition, at least not on dialysis. As individual differences exist
among different patients, talking with your doctor will help you find whether
alcohol can be a choice. If the answer is yes, please make a detailed inquiry
about allowable amounts and brands.
Once you start dialysis, alcohol is often managed out of diet plan for it has
a great chance to cause rapid damages to poor kidneys, such as sharp increase in
blood pressure.
Those PKD patients who suffer from high blood pressure are suggest not to
drink for alcohol can cause blood pressure levels to elevate in those with
hypertension.
If the PKD patients are with controlled blood sugar level, you may drink a
moderate alcohol after checking with your doctor. Remember to take some food
when you drink, for an empty stomach can drop blood sugar levels in those with
diabetes.
Drinking moderate alcohol is allowable in some specific condition of PKD,
even so, we still suggest patients with PKD quit drinking at best, because the
moderate amount is hard for individual to control. Meantime, different types or
brands of alcohol contain diverse ingredients, some of which may interfere with
the medicine that your are taking.
Here is a chart below providing composition of common alcohol drinks for you
reference. Read on and talk with your doctors whether they are drinkable for
you, or you can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com for further information.
