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what is the best weight loss system for people with Polycystic Kidney disease?


Don't know about that disease. Are you allowed to do weight lifting? That is the number one way to lose weight. Muscle burns fat, muscle burns fat, muscle burns fat. Lifting weights builds muscle.

Seek the opinion of your doctors and if allowed to do this start slow, under the guidance of a professional trainer.

Some hospitals have expanded their physical therapy area to include a gym for outpatient use. If you have that available you can get some good guidance there.  (+ info)

What are good dietary management for diseases related to kidney?


Moderate-protein Diets
In people with diabetes, excessive consumption of protein may be harmful. Experts recommend that people with kidney disease of diabetes consume the recommended dietary allowance for protein, but avoid high-protein diets. For people with greatly reduced kidney function, a diet containing reduced amounts of protein may help delay the onset of kidney failure. Anyone following a reduced-protein diet should work with a dietitian to ensure adequate nutrition.

The report identified 41 key recommendations, 23 for the general public and 18 for special populations, grouped into nine general topic areas:

Adequate Nutrients Within Calorie Needs
Weight Management (See Chapter 5: Overweight, Obesity & Weight Management)
Physical Activity
Food Groups to Encourage
Fats (See Chapter 6: Dietary Fats & Fat Replacers)
Carbohydrates (See Chapter 7: Carbohydrates & Sugars)
Sodium and Potassium
Alcoholic Beverages
Food Safety (See Chapter 12: Food Safety & Defense)
View the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans report at http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/.

In the final stage, the government agencies used the 2005 Dietary Guidelines to develop the following consumer research- based messages for the public and health educators:

Make smart choices from every food group.
Find your balance between food and physical activity.
Get the most nutrition out of your calories.
Discussed below are two public education programs that translate the Dietary Guidelines into comprehensive healthful eating and physical activity advice for consumers.

MyPyramid: A Personal Plan for Healthful Eating and Physical Activity

In 1992, the USDA released the Food Guide Pyramid as a nutrition education tool to help put the Dietary Guidelines for Americans into action. The Pyramid served as a visual translation and general guide for daily food choices including specific recommendations for daily intake from the five food groups, including serving sizes, and guidelines for moderating intake of dietary fats and sugars.

In 2005, USDA updated the Food Guide Pyramid to become MyPyramid. MyPyramid differs from its predecessor by including recommendations for physical activity and promoting a personalized, “one size doesn’t fit all” approach. Like other government programs, MyPyramid encourages gradual, “small steps” toward improvement. The MyPyramid graphic, with its six colored bands (representing the five food groups, plus oils), is designed to convey moderation, variety, and proportionality between and within food groups. Consumers who visit www.MyPyramid.gov can receive their “personal pyramid” based on their calorie needs by entering their age, gender, and physical activity level in the My Pyramid Plan box. The site also features numerous tips for making smart choices from every food group and being physically active.

It’s All About You: Applying Dietary Guidance to American Life

The Dietary Guidelines Alliance was formed in the mid-1990s with members from health organizations, the food industry, and the government to develop effective, consumer-focused messages to convey the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The Alliance developed It’s All About You—a consumer research-tested message campaign that translates the Guidelines into simple, positive steps consumers can take toward more healthful lifestyles. The campaign is based on the following five core messages, designed to help motivate consumers to make positive changes in their eating and physical activity habits:

Be Realistic: Make small changes over time in what you eat and the level of activity you do. After all, small steps work better than giant leaps.
Be Adventurous: Expand your tastes to enjoy a variety of foods.
Be Flexible: Go ahead and balance what you eat and the physical activity you do over several days. No need to worry about just one meal or one day.
Be Sensible: Enjoy all foods, just don’t overdo it.
Be Active: Walk the dog, don’t just watch the dog walk.
Supporting nutrition education materials feature practical tips to help consumers act on the advice from each campaign message, follow MyPyramid and use tools such as the Nutrition Facts panel to make healthful food choices. The materials are continually updated to reflect the latest Dietary Guidelines and food guidance system.

Nutrition Labeling—A Tool for Following Dietary Guidance

Today’s nutrition labels help consumers make wise food choices by monitoring serving sizes and calories per serving, keeping saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, and sodium low, and consuming enough of certain vitamins and minerals.

Attention to nutrition labeling was first sparked following increased visibility to nutrition and health after the 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. In 1973, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took the first steps to establish the current framework for the nutrition labeling of foods  (+ info)

Does anyone know anyone who has polycystic kidney disease and how their life is affected by it?


My daughter was born with it in 1995. She had her lower collecting polls removed in 1998, was sick for awhile - now she is fine. She has a scar on her lower abdomen, like a hysterectomy scar and a scar across her flank., other than that, you would never know.  (+ info)

What pre-dialysis symtoms will I feel with PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) ?


Well. There are quite a few..


* frequent kidney infections
* high blood pressure
* back and side pains
* blood in the urine
* urinary tract infections
* liver and pancreatic cysts
* abnormal heart valves
* kidney stones
* aneurysms in the brain
* diverticulosis

Wanna know more go to following website

http://www.mamashealth.com/poly.asp  (+ info)

life expectancy with polycystic kidney disease at age 65?


I have just been diagnosed with PKD and wonder what the life expectancy is at age 65
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I have googled this several different ways. The only answer I can come up with is this article:
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/223/3/597
Just to let you know I had a genuine interest in your question.
I had kidney disease (Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis or F.S.G.S.) since the age of 5.
At the age of 16 I received a transplant from my sister.
After 20 years, my kidneys failed. The most probable cause recurring FSGS. So I received another transplant in March of last year.
So I can sympathize with your problems.
I also know several people from dialysis that still have polycystic kidney disease.
Best of luck to you!  (+ info)

How do the kidney and vascular diseases contribute to hypertension?


Primarily, it's the other way around. Hypertension contributes to kidney and vascular diseases!

The kidneys autoregulate blood flow by controlling the diameter of tiny blood vessels going into and out of each of the microscopic urine-making structures called the "nephrons". When the pressure is high, these blood vessels become stiff from overgrowth of the muscle walls used to resist the flow. The nephrons themselves are damaged from pressure, and the organ's microstructure is slowly replaced by scar.

High blood pressure also represents a challenge to the rest of the bodily blood vessels, which become thickened in response to the pressure, and which are prone to shearing injuries to the lining. This is especially true when the lining is infiltrated with cholesterol in the form of atherosclerotic plaques. As the blood vessels become thickened and stiff, the pulsations of flow hammer away at the walls, creating things like aneurysms (balloon-like dilations prone to rupture) and blockages where the atherosclerotic plaques rupture and clot. This latter mechanism is commonly the cause of heart attack and stroke, as well as other end-organ damage.

There is one particular phenomenon, however, that DOES relate to your exact question. There is a condition known as renovascular hypertension, and this is one of the forms of high blood pressure that can be traced back to a treatable cause, and can be "cured" by an intervention. Most often, of course, hypertension is considered to be "essential hypertension" which means that there is no specific cause identified, and the hypertension itself needs to be treated because of the risks it poses to the patient's health.

Renovascular hypertension is a problem that occurs in those people who develop flow limiting atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries leading off to the kidneys. When this happens, the flow to the kidneys is substantially decreased, and the kidneys are "fooled" into thinking that there is a problem of flow throughout the body. The kidneys react to a situation that, if the arteries to the kidneys were normal, would probably represent low circulating blood volume. Basically, the kidneys are unable to tell the difference between low flow because the arteries are bad, and low flow because the patient lost a lot of blood from an injury.

The response from the kidney suffering low flow comes in the form of a hormone. This hormone is called "renin" and it has one job. Renin circulates in the blood and it turns a protein called "angiotensinogen" into "angiotensin 1". Angiotensin 1 is a hormone that increases the tension in blood vessels, but more importantly, it is a precursor to "angiontensin 2", which is what it its turned into immediately after passing through the lungs. Angiotensin 2 is one of the most powerful vaso-constricting hormones we have. It increases the blood pressure dramatically.

Renovascular hypertension can be treated by procedures which open up the narrowed blood vessel, but the key is that the problem needs to be recognized first! Sometimes people with this problem go unrecognized for long periods of time.

I hope that helps!  (+ info)

Is there a charity group for polycystic kidney disease?


you mean in your area?
do an online search and see what you can locate..
good luck!  (+ info)

Has anyone heard of a baby with one Polycystic kidney?


I was wondering if anyone knows anything about it. If so let me know. Thanks.
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It is possible that the other kidney just hasn't developed cysts yet. Good luck.  (+ info)

I have polycystic kidney disease whose also into body building. Can I go about with minimal protein intake?


I don't know.  (+ info)

what is the best way to fight kidney diseases without side effects?


my father...he is sick
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Well that all depends whats wrong with your fathers kidneys doesn't it? If you want to add more details, I can be of more help.  (+ info)

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