Can A PKD Patient Smoke A Cigarette

Can a polycystic kidney disease (PKD) smoke a cigarette? Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Therefore, it is not surprising to learn that smoking also plays a role in the progression of kidney disease. From this point of view, PKD patients had better quit smoking.

Why PKD patients are not allowed to smoke a cigarette?

Smoking can harm kidneys from the following ways:

1. Increases blood pressure and heart rate

2. Reduces blood flow in the kidneys

3. Narrows the blood vessels in the kidneys

4. Accelerates loss of kidney function

5. Forms arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries

In addition, smoking allows other toxins into the body. Studies have shown that smoking is harmful for the kidneys and can cause kidney disease to progress and increases the risk for proteinuria.

Stopping smoking was shown to help a person maintain kidney function. While quitting is difficult due to nicotine addiction, cravings and temptations.

Tips to stop smoking

Talk to your doctor about nicotine-replacement therapies like gums and patches, as well as medicines like Zyban to help you.

Chew gum, suck on hard candy, nibble on low calorie snacks throughout the day or make your meals last longer.

Try deep breathing or meditation until the urge passes.

How to treat PKD well?

Since PKD is genetic kidney disease, there is no complete cure for it. What we can do is to stop the growth of kidney cyst and shrink large kidney cysts. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can help achieve this goal. The active ingredients can prevent the lining cells from further secretion and producing more cysts. Besides this therapy can inhibit continual enlargement of renal cysts, shrink the cysts in size, protect the residual kidney function, repair the impaired kidneys and improve kidney function greatly. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is only available in China now. Thus, if you want to take this treatment, you have to come to China for treatment.

If you are interested in this treatment and want to take this treatment, you can leave a message below or send email to kidneycares@hotmail.com, and we will reply you as soon as possible.