How Much Do You Know about Alcohol and PKD

PKD is a common kind of hereditary disease which is characterized by numerous cysts growing on kidneys. PKD patients will be sugegsted to keep a healthy diet. Then how much do you know about alcohol and PKD?

No major studies have looked at alcohol consumption and PKD. When looking at other kidney diseases, alcohol does not seem to have much of an impact. Lifestyle factors, such as tobacco use, physical activity, and obesity, most likely have more of an impact than alcohol. Unfortunately, alcohol is linked to hypertension, which is known to accelerate the decline in kidney function. Even light amounts of alcohol consumption drank on a regular basis seems to increase blood pressure.
If you are on medication for your blood pressure, you should know that alcohol can interfere with these drugs. Alcohol consumption can damage kidney function, especially if you also have liver disease. Alcohol consumption may adversely affect the regulation of fluids and electrolytes by the kidneys. Chronic intake of large amounts of alcohol can lead to kidney and liver failure.

Ultimately, your physician needs to help you determine whether you can drink moderately. It is necessary to consider many factors when making this decision, including what medications you are taking. If it is decided that you are able to drink moderately, this means having no more than two drinks/day for men, and no more than one drink/day for women and people of either sex who are older than 65 years of age. A drink is 12 fluid ounces (fl oz) of beer or wine cooler, 5 fl oz of wine, or 1 fl oz of liquor.

Some related materials have shown that about a half of PKD patients will develop ESRD by the age of 70. If we want to avoid this, only healthy diet is not enough, though very important. If you want to know more about diet and treatment for PKD, email us to kidneyfailure@hotmail.com or directly consult online doctor freely.