Is Beer Suitable for Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Diet

Beer is commonly seen in our daily life, especially in the gathering times. It can bring much excitement to people. In normal condition, drinking beer properly is good for our health, for example, it is good for our blood circulation condition and heart. But for Polycystic Kidney Disease patients, they should keep the beer away from their daily life.

Polycystic Kidney Disease means that there are many cysts spreading on the kidney. These cysts can cause pressure to the kidney, leading to hypoxic-ischemic of kidney and damaging kidney innate cells. So Polycystic Kidney Disease patients should try their best to inhibit the growth of cysts, so that they can control the development of kidney disease.

The reason why are PKD patients can not drink beer:

1. Polycystic Kidney Disease patients usually suffer from high blood pressure, however, beer intake can aggravate the blood pressure condition, causing further damage to the kidney.

2. In addition, beer has the functions of losing combined water and accelerating creatinine metabolism of muscle. Thus the creatinine level in blood would get higher and higher.

3. The alcohol in beer will break down after entering human body, which can cause metabolic acidosis. At the same time, PKD patients will have symptoms such like nausea, headache, poor appetite, low spirits and so on.

4. The alcohol also can increase the nitrogen and protein in blood, when they are flowed into kidney with blood circulation, it is no doubt that it will cause burden to the kidney.

5. The alcohol can stimulate the cysts fluid secretion, increasing the number of cysts and growth of renal cysts.

All in all, drinking beer is not suitable for Polycystic kidney Disease. Not only the PKD patients, but also all the kidney disease patients should keep away from beer. And if you want to know more information about Polycystic Kidney Disease diet or kidney disease condition, you can contact our online doctors or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.

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