Four Taboos for PKD Patients' Summer Diets

Except regular treatment, diet is also one of the important factors for the PKD patients. Especially in summer, for the scorching weather, PKD patients should pay more attention to the diets. There are four taboos for the PKD patients' summer diets:

Taboo 1, the food containing high protein: no matter with which type of kidney disease, the patients should adopt diets containing less protein to avoid the combining of nitrogen class metabolites in human body and to reduce the excretion of kidney. This kind of food includes soybean, bean curd and other bean products.

Taboo 2, fermented food: the fermented food we said here mainly means the bacterium class fermented food, including fermented bean curd, rotten eggs and etc. This kind of food may accelerate the growth of cysts.

Taboo 3, liquor: liquor, especially the white spirit, is very dangerous for PKD patients. Because liquor can stimulate the activity of cysts protein, which will accelerate the growth of cysts.

Taboo 4, animals' viscus: even the cooked animal viscus are not suitable for PKD patients, especially the animal livers. There is a saying in China: eat animals' viscus and tonify our human viscus. Indeed, it is not true. The main component in animals or poultry kidney is protein, so the nutritive value of animal kidney is similar with that of the meat of other part. Besides, during the animal slaughter process, a large amount toxin had been left in the animals' livers and kidneys, especially the livers. If those animal viscus are taken in by patients, they undoubtedly will increase the burden of kidney and aggravate the patients' condition.

In the scorching summer, except the reasonable diets, patients should also pay attention to the following aspects:

1, coping high temperature with correct methods: for patients of nephrotic syndrome or nephritis, they should pay attention to the sunstroke prevention and cooling, and avoid sweating too much. Keep the room temperature moderate and the temperature of air-condition should not below 26 centigrade, or the translation from too hot to too cold will cause cold.

2, avoid "heatstroke" of emotion: the fluctuation of emotion and blood pressure usually will cause the repeating of disease.


3, have a good rest and had better not go swimming or have a cold shower: for the high temperature of summer, many patients like to go out for a walk after a meal or even go swimming or have a cold shower to enjoy the cool pleasure, which will increase the chance of having a cold. And too much exercise will increase the burden of kidney and affect the treatment.