Prevention of Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic Kidney Disease is the most common life-threatening genetic disease. For genetic diseases, it is impossible for us to change our genes, but patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease can do some other things to prevent its aggravation.
● Prevention of Cold
Polycystic Kidney Disease is a lifelong disease, and patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease should be cautious all their lives. Cold is common in our daily life and it can be caused by careless living habits. For patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease, they should try every means to avoid cold, especially repeated cold, because cold can aggravate illness condition, accelerating the progress of renal damage.
● Reasonable Diet
Reasonable diet is inevitable for the controlling of Polycystic Kidney Disease. Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease should adopt low-salt diet with two to three gram every day. Beyond that, foods which contain large amount of potassium, phosphorus, calories, and protein should be avoided. Try to ingest enough vitamin and plant crude fiber. Keep defecating.
● Prevention of External Injury
The unceasing expansion of cysts gives rise to the increase of intracapsular pressure, which will enlarge the bilateral kidneys. The enlargement of kidneys increases the internal pressure of enterocoelia. Thereby, if patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease suffer from internal injury at this moment, cysts may rupture and bleeding, which will cause infection.
● Better Control of Blood Pressure
For most of the patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease, the appearance of high blood pressure is earlier than that of renal damage. High blood pressure can accelerate renal damage. Meanwhile, it also can causes damages to heart and blood vessels of brain, which will result in the emergence of a series of serious complications. Therefore, a better control of blood pressure is significant in postponing renal damage and preventing complications.
In this world, there are so many things which are not under our control, but we can change ourselves to avoid or postpone its happening. Therefore, as long as patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease take more care of themselves, they will avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.