PKD DIET

Pain PKD

ADPKD Chronic Pain Trial

Study Leader: Dr. Marie Hogan at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota USA Conducting a clinical trial on chronic polycystic kidney pain. This study utilizes an interventional procedure known as Videothracoscopic Splanchnicectomy (VSPL) similar to Videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy done for pancreatitis pain. If any have relentless PKD kidney pain or know of someone with severe PKD kidney pain, the Mayo Clinic is seeking participants.

Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is often seen in PKD and is a major cause of morbidity according to this 2012 article.

Kidney Pain

Kidney Cysts This pain can become chronic requiring narcotics. Here is a review of some causes of PKD pain click here. The source for kidney pain can include but is not limited to the following: bladder infection, bleeding into a cyst, infection, inflammation of the kidney, kidney cyst infection, burst cyst, kidney cyst rupture, kidney infection, kidney stone.

Kidney Stones Your doctor can determine if you have a kidney stone by an ultrasound study or CT scan. He might ask that you strain your urine through a filter to catch any possible gravel. This will give a clue as to what type of kidney stone you are forming. This knowledge can aide in the prevention of future stone formation. Shohls solution or potassium citrate is an old time remedy for kidney stones. Pain relief willneed to be given immediately, usually in the form of narcotics. If your urine is too acid you will need to maintain a constant alkaline pH, increase water intake, and eliminate too many proteins. Urocit K and polycitra syrup are two forms of potassium citrate a strong alkalizer. These medications are useful for preventing future kidney stones. A high salt diet increases the amount of calcium excreted in the urine. This too promotes the formation of calcium stones. Avoid caffeine. Two separate studies found caffeine and protein to be a primary factor in increasing the chances for developing more kidney stones. If you have an oxalate stone, your doctor may suggest you avoid high oxalate foods such as spinach, rhubarb, beets, strawberries, wheat bran, nuts and nut butters. Naturopathically it is recommended that one, alternate freshly squeezed apple juice with freshly squeezed lemon juice each hour. The avoidance of purine rich meats helps prevent uric acid stones.

Kidney Stone Articles Passing a kidney stone is generally very painful. It can be diagnosed through imaging or if the stone has already passed, the doctor may give you a mesh cup to strain any urine. He might ask you to capture the grit that has formed and bring it back to him so he can send it to the lab to discover what type of kidney stone you might have. Calcium stones are the most common type formed by PKD'rs.

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Low Oxalate Diet

A study from Italy was done to determine the correct diet for chronic kidney stone formers. Participants wanted to prevent future kidney stones. Each participant drank 3 liters of water daily. Their daily protein intake was determined by laboratory testing. The hypothesis was would dietary calcium cause an increase in kidney stone formation? It was determined that dietary calcium was not the culprit. It was eating too much protein. It was thought that dietary calcium might precipitate kidney stone formation. Participants used the same guidelines. Participants gladly cut back on their protein intake to assure no further kidney stones.

Burst Cyst Oftentimes this is accompanied with pain, and blood in the urine, though not always. An ultrasound can determine if you have a burst a cyst or bleeding into a cyst. Frequent burst cysts might be coupled with higher blood pressures, a trauma to the area, sometimes running, or some form of hard exertion. Hematuria or blood in the urine increases dramatically when one or both of the kidneys is larger than 15 cm. Hypertensive PKD'rs are more likely to have gross hematuria than normotensive patients. For some it is very painful requiring rest and opiods to relieve the pain.

We can help to lessen cyst bursting by decreasing any trauma, jarring, or bumping to our cysts. We can help lessen this by keeping blood pressure low. But sometimes cysts burst because of their shear numbers.

Kidney Infection or Cyst Infection Flank pain especially exhibited with a jarring motion or increased when walking can be related to an infection within a kidney. Sometimes we can get an infection within a cyst itself. This is much more difficult to diagnosis. Infection of a liver cyst is a very serious diagnosis and sometimes mistaken for another type of infection. Check with your doc at the first instance of pain in the belly or flank area. Check with your doctor should you get burning or frequency when you urinate. This is more common among women than men.

We are  sharing our experiences with PKD/PLD Diet, an adjunct diet envisioning it complementing a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Consider testing this with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it according to your own uniqueness by adding it to your current  treatment.

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