Diet Suggestions for Kidney Cyst Patients

Kidney cyst is a common kidney disease for people older than 50 years old. in some cases, the kidney cyst will be increased and get enlarged, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. so kidney cyst patients need to have early treatment, and they also need to pay attention to their daily diet, which can help make a good prognosis for them.

1. Inaptitude food: Do not eat too salty food and spicy food, contaminated, broiled dishes food. While kidney insufficiency patients or end-stage of renal failure patients should not eat bean products, limit animal protein intake and greasy food.

2. Water intake: Due to different aetiological agent and course, so the therapies are different. When in mild renal failure stage, due to renal concentrating function reduce, metabolism need more water to excrete from kidneys. So, if it does not appear obvious swelling, heart failure, hypertension, patients should not limit water blindly.

3. Salt intake: Patients should adjust salt quantity according to condition and renal function degree. Not all patients with chronic kidney insufficiency need to limit salt intake.

4. Give enough rest: Avoid dramatic physical activity and abdomen trauma. Using gallus replace belt when kidney enlargement in case trigger cyst to fracture. Commonly, reviewing it half a year (including blood pressure, routine urine test, kidney function test and B ultrasound). Avoid renal toxicity drugs.

5. Supply nutrition: Renal cyst patients need to keep a high quality protein diet, supply high-fiber, high-dimensional food as well as low fat food.


Above are the diet suggestions for kidney cysts patients, which can help  reduce kidney burden and protect their kidneys. however, since the illness condition will be different from case to case, so kidney cyst patinets need to ask the advice of their doctors and make a well planed diet.