Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)should care about nursing
interventions. Good nursing interventions can help delay Polycystic Kidney
Disease developing. Following are some suggestions about nursing interventions
of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Take a look.
Mental nursing
Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) need to know basic knowledge of
PKD. Build confidence of defeating PKD. Good attitude helps a lot.
Keep a healthy diet
Poor diet is another important factor that leads to aggravation of PKD. Too
salty foods such as pickled foods are not suggested. Being too full or hungry
and being too cold or hot are not good for patients with PKD. If you have high
uric acid and high blood pressure, low purine and low fat diet is suggested.
Pluck should be avoided. Spicy food and barbecue food are not suggested. Bean
products cannot be eaten and high animal protein should be avoided. Different
conditions need to be considered. You can consult a doctor for your special
condition. Generally, bland diet is good to you. At the same time, fruits are
suggested.
Control of hypertension
For majority of patients with PKD, hypertension usually shows up before renal
damages. Hypertension can aggravate PKD in turn. What’s more, cerebrovascular
damages could be also caused by hypertension. Hence control of hypertension is
important in delaying aggravation of damages of renal function and preventing
complications of PKD.
Preventing infections
In daily life, we need to prevent catching a cold, urinary tract infection
and intestinal tract infections, etc. Urinary tract infection often presents in
females. Personal hygiene needs to be paid more attention to.
Medication
Avoid taking medications that are toxic to kidneys. Before you take any of
them, ask your doctor about it.
If you follow these tips of nursing interventions, but not just treatment,
cysts on kidney will not relapse easily. It is advisable to consult a doctor
first for different cases.
