General measures
- Any concomitant medical conditions should be carefully monitored and treated.
- Blood pressure should be optimally adjusted.
- Blood lipids (blood fats) should be controlled and, if necessary, brought to a low level.
- Urine should be checked regularly for urinary tract infections!
- Nicotine restriction; smoking is harmful to the kidneys!
- Limited alcohol consumption (men: max. 25 g alcohol per day; women: max. 12 g alcohol per day).
- Preservation of normal weight strive!Determination of BMI (body mass index, body mass index) or body composition using electrical impedance analysis.
- Falling below the BMI lower limit (from the age of 19: 19; from the age of 25: 20; from the age of 35: 21; from the age of 45: 22; from the age of 55: 23; from the age of 65: 24) → Participation in a medically supervised program for the underweight.
- Avoidance of environmental stress:
- Metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel, chromium, uranium).
- Halogenated hydrocarbons (HFCs; trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene, hexachlorobutadiene, chloroform).
- Herbicides (paraquat, diquat, chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids).
- Mycotoxins (ochratoxin A, citrinin, aflatoxin B1).
- Aliphatic hydrocarbons (2,2,4-trimethylpentane, decalin, unleaded gasoline, mitomycin C).
- Melamine
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
- Dialysis (blood purification procedure used as a replacement procedure for kidney failure) – autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the cause of kidney failure in approximately 7-10% of dialysis patients.
Vaccinations
The following vaccinations are advised:
- Flu vaccination
- Hepatitis B
- Pneumococcal vaccination
Regular checkups
- Regular medical checkups
Nutritional medicine
- See under chronic renal failure
Sports Medicine
- Endurance training (cardio training) and strength training (muscle training).
- Patients with hypertension (high blood pressure) may benefit from exercise.
- Educate the patient about possible macrohematuria (red coloration of the urine, ie, visible blood in the urine): cyst bleeding after exercise is usually harmless.
- Preparation of a fitness or training plan with suitable sports disciplines based on a medical check (health check or athlete check).
- Detailed information on sports medicine you will receive from us.
