Daily Life of the Patients of Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a type of genetic kidney disease. So we have no a complete cure for this disease up to now. However, we are the masters of our own life. In the daily life, we can do something to delay the progression of this disease.

First, Patients should keep a positive attitude and a strong confidence in fighting against the disease. The attack of Polycystic Kidney Disease is the result of an interaction of congenital factors and acquired elements. According to scientific research, all these acquired factors can be changed or controlled. So patients must not feel despaired. What's more, keeping a positive emotion can improve one's immunity which is beneficial to help patients triumph over illness. On the other hand, patients can’t take the disease lightly. Instead, patients should have a positive response to the treatment. Being positive but dealing with it seriously is the basic principle.

Second, adopt treatment in time and take medicine with scientific direction: with the enlargement of the cysts, there will be various symptoms and complications, such as hematuria, proteinuria and hypertension and so on. To treat these symptoms or complications, we must proceed from the enlargement of the cysts by improving the blood circulation of the cysts wall.

Third, as for the diets of the patients: generally, patients with this disease should not take in the food that is too salty (including pickle food), too hot and spicy (including hot pepper, liquor, shrimps and crabs and etc). Besides, patients should not eat the contaminated food (including rotted and corrupt food and leftover) and the barbeque food. When the disease of polycystic kidney disease develops into renal insufficiency or uremia, patients should also not eat the beans and bean products. At the same time, these patients should restrain the intake of food containing too much animal high protein and too much fat.

Forth, have a good rest and avoid strenuous exercise and abdominal injuries. When there is obvious swollen symptoms of the cysts, patients had better not use too tight belt in order to prevent from the burst of cysts. In addition, take regular examinations. Usually, patients had better take an overall check once half a year.

Fifth, prevent from infections positively. Especially women should pay attention to the urinary tract infections and the cysts infection. ①, take a shower bath instead of a hip bath; ②, don’t hold the urine; ③, after relieving the bowels, wipe backward; ④, before the sexual life, take norfloxacin; ⑤, pay attention to the health of private parts; ⑥, avoid the apparatus inspection which will cause the urinary tract infections.

Sixth, make sure the blood pressure is under control: hypertension is very common among the patients of this disease and more than 50 percent of patients have this symptom. If the hypertension can’t be well controlled, it will aggravate the patient’s condition and accelerate the enlargement of the cysts.


These are some advices for the patients of Polycystic Kidney Disease. Hope this information is helpful for you. If you need more information, please contact us by email: kidney-treatment@hotmail.com or consult the experts online.