Pregnancy and Polycystic kidney disease

Having polycystic kidney disease is a life-altering moment for a person, especially for women who are pregnant. Polycystic kidney disease is also known as cystic kidney disease. Due to this disease, umpteen cysts filled with fluid builds-up in or on the kidneys that can harm other organs located near the kidneys. 

 

In this article, you will read about PKD pregnancy statistics, prevention for PKD, and diet chart for patients with PKD. 

 

Polycystic Kidney Disease for women who are expecting a child is extremely dangerous. But, if one will take proper treatment for PKD, then it is not a harbinger of lost hope. With PKD, one can also enjoy or manage a healthy pregnancy by taking care of one diet and treatment. 

 

80% of PKD pregnancy cases run smoothly and problem-free, only if this 80% of women follow good prenatal care and monitoring, follow a kidney-friendly diet plan, practice yoga, and take Polycystic kidney disease treatment in Ayurveda. The other 20% can have a life-threatening condition named as pre-eclampsia if they do not take proper medication and precaution for PKD. 

 

The women with PKD and high blood pressure or impaired kidney function are at higher risk for pregnancy complications. PKD with these two conditions is the perfect situation for pre-eclampsia to develop. More than 40 percent of female PKD patients with increased blood pressure have pre-eclampsia during their pregnancy. PKD is a genetic disorder, so a woman with PKD shouldn’t consider pregnancy until she gets recovered from it. Pre-eclampsia and polycystic kidney disease is the problems that develop without any special warning and can be turned life-threatening for both the mother and the child.

 

 

There is no way to prevent either form of PKD in Allopathy. According to Allopathy science, polycystic kidney disease cannot be terminating permanently, and to stop the formation of cysts is a cumbersome process. But, polycystic kidney disease treatment in Ayurveda is an option through which one not only gets rid of this disease but also revives the damaged kidney. If one is pregnant and has PKD, then one needs to keep the kidneys working longer by following the below-mentioned healthy lifestyle. 

 

1. One should keep her blood pressure or blood sugar level in control. 

2. By keeping a healthy weight. It is possible during pregnancy, and one should practice yoga. 

3. Try to follow a low-salt and low-fat diet plan. 

4. Do not take over the counter medicines that harm not only the mother but also the child. 

5. Follow a diet plan in which protein, sodium, phosphorus, and potassium are included in fewer amounts. 

6. Take polycystic kidney disease treatment in Ayurveda, instead of going for dialysis or transplantation. 

 

 

The foods PKD patients cannot eat-  

• Roasted vermicelli

• Wheat Dalia/porridge/broken wheat 

• Green pumpkin

• Raw papaya

• Bottle gourd 

• Ridge gourd 

• Round gourd 

• Pointed gourd

• Whole wheat chapatti/pita bread 

• Fresh fruits like apple, pear, papaya, guava (without seeds), cranberry, blueberry, and blackberry (50 to 100 gram per day).

• Lactose-free biscuits/sugar-free biscuits/ wheat-based biscuits/ Marie gold biscuits 

• Cumin, turmeric, coriander powder, onion, green chilies (without seeds), asafetida, and carom seeds. 

• Double toned milk/skim milk (50ml for a day)

• Herbal tea/normal tea (1/2 cup a day)

 

• Refined flour

• Gram flour

• Oily food

• Fried food

• Baked food

• Processed food

• Frozen food

• Citrus fruits

• Plantain and banana

• Dry fruits

• Spicy food

• Salads

• Green leafy vegetables

• Sweet potato

• Cabbage and cauliflower 

• Egg yolks

• Garlic and tomato

• Multigrain biscuits

• Curd, cream, butter, mayonnaise, margarine, and ghee

• Fish, mutton, and red, etc

• Table salt

• Artificial drinks like diet coke, juices, and soups, etc

• Coffee

• Whole milk, flavored milk, and soya-milk

Breakfast : Veg upma (once a week) or roti with 1 bowl of vegetable, 1 bowl wheat namkeen broken wheat with vegetables, 1 bowl wheat roasted vermicelli with vegetables, stuffed boiled onion roti without oil or roti with 1 bowl vegetable, Brown bread sandwich 1 time in a week but without edges

Lunch : Roti with 1 bowl vegetable, Roti with 1 bowl vegetable and 20 gm fresh curd, Roti with 1 bowl vegetable or paneer curry 25 gm or 1 egg white curry but once a week

Evening: 1/2 cup tea with mariegold biscuit

Dinner : Roti with 1 bowl vegetable, Roti with 1/2 bowl vegetable and radish but once a week, Roti with 1 bowl vegetable and carrot but once a week

Before - Breakfast : Drink soaked fenugreek water 1 cup

Mid-morning and evening :Milk/tea-50 ml/ ½ cup without sugar and, Marie gold biscuits-2

Breakfast - 1 bowl wheat namkeen broken wheat with vegetables, 1 bowl veg oats or 2 piece of ravaidli and ½ bowl of sambar, 1 bowl wheat roasted vermicelli with vegetables, 2-3 eggs without yolk and toned milk 100ml, 1 bowl sprouted salad, 2 piece of brown bread potato sandwich and cucumber

Before-lunch - Apple, watermelon, papaya, pear, blackberry,

Lunch and Dinner - ½ plate salad and 1 bowl vegetable like ladyfinger, bitter gourd, carrot, paneer, capsicum, and ridge gourd and 2 chapatti

These are some of the vital information correlated with PKD and pregnancy. In case, if you are pregnant and have PKD, then consult Ayurvedic nephrologists for polycystic kidney disease treatment in Ayurveda.

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