How To Alleviate Headache In Polycystic Kidney Disease

Many polycystic kidney disease patients suffer from constant headache. The pain often affect their normal daily life---influencing their sleep quality and damaging their health.

Headache in PKD can be caused by the following conditions.

High blood pressure

Even when kidney functions are still normal, PKD patients will begin to have high blood pressure. Badly controlled hypertension can cause headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and insomnia.

ACEI, ARB drugs, herbal medicines, low-salt, low-fat and low-protein diets help control and treat high blood pressure.

Intracranial aneurysm

It is one relatively severe complication of PKD and it can cause vascular spastic headache. The rupture risk of the aneurysm will increase along with its continuous enlargement. Well control of high blood pressure, low-salt diet, avoiding alcohol and tobacco are recommended. Anyway patients need to go to kidney disease hospital and seek immediate treatment in case of aneurysm rupture.

Mental factors.
Since PKD is a congenital and hereditary disease and at present there is no cure for it, many patients are always in anxious, depressed and other negative emotions. Mental factor is one important reason of headache. A good mood is very important for PKD patients as well as those that suffer from other chronic renal diseases.

Acupuncture and massage
They can stimulate our body to release one hormone called endorphins which can help alleviate painful feeling without causing unfavorable side effects as that of over-the-counter painkillers. And it is considered to be a natural remedy for headache and high blood pressure for PKD patients.

Micro-Chinese medicines
The most fundamental relief of headache is of cause treatment for multiple renal cysts in the kidneys. Micro-Chinese medicine is a natural and effective therapy for shrinking all the cysts in PKD, regardless of its size and location. Active ingredients in Micro-Chinese medicines can promote re-absorption of cyst fluid to the blood vessels and on the other hand, it can inactivate epithelial cells and inhibit further secretion of more cyst fluid so that the growth rate of renal cysts will be much slowed and they will be shrunk step by step.

What is more, Micro-Chinese medicines can promote blood circulation and have direct effect on lowering high blood pressure.