What they eat affects the progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). This article will give you a rough diet suggestion for PKD patients. It may not suit for every individual patient, so if you want to know specific food that is good for you or not, you can leave us a message to kidneycares@hotmail.com. We will reply you according to your medical condition.
Food list for PKD patients
1. Low potassium foods
Apple rice
Grapes cucumber noodles
Pears onions cake
Watermelon lettuce cereal
Cranberries carrots bread and bread products
Cherries
2. Low phosphorus foods
Broccoli, non-dairy milk substitute, sherbet, zucchini squash
3. High protein foods
Meat, poultry, egg white, fish, milk
4. Foods which are rich in vitamin
Pear apple
Cucumber
Tomato and so on
5. Coffee is not suitable for PKD patients
Although diet is important for PKD patients, it is far enough. Stem Cell Transplant has such curative effects.
Stem cell transplant refers to intravenous inject stem cells into patients’ body. Stem cells can be gotten from cord blood, and experts will choose proper stem cells according to patients’ illness condition and then cultivate in lab. Stem cells are immature cells, not like kidney transplant. They will not cause rejection response after being injected into patients’ body. Stem cells have the ability of self-replication and multi-directional differentiation. After injected into patients’ body, stem cell can differentiate into renal cells, some mature cells, to replace the injured cells, so the number of normal renal cells increases, and the renal function will be improved.
Diet management and stem cell transplant combine together to treat PKD. In this way, the curative effects will be more better than single diet changes or medical remedy.