Therapies and Diets for PKD

Question: I am now 35 years old and suffering from PKD. I want to know is it curable and is there any chance of death? What are the differences between western therapy and Chinese therapy? What kind of diets should I follow to not aggravate the cysts?
Answer: You asked about the differences between Chinese and western therapies. I think you must know that in western treatment, they treat polycystic kidney disease through removing big cysts by operation which is considered as another kind of trauma to kidney, though operations can relieve patients' symptoms in a short time. Besides, many foreign patients told me that their doctor told them there is no way to treat this disease due to its genetic feature and they have to wait for Dialysis or Kidney Transplant. In our Chinese medicine treatment, we deal with the cysts by reducing cyst fluid secretion and increasing the reabsorption of cysts fluid through improving blood circulation on cysts wall and the permeability of cyst wall. Through this way, cyst can be shrunk gradually and then patients can avoid operations.
As for the diets for you, it depends on your illness and physical conditions and which stage you are in. I will just give you brief and general suggestions and you can consult the doctor for more detailed explanations and choose foods that are most suitable for your illness conditions.
1. Have less salt food (including preserved food, pickles, tinned meat), spicy food (including hot pepper, liquor, shrimp, crab, etc.) contaminated food (perishable food, leftovers, etc.) broiled dishes. Limit high protein food from animal and oily food, etc.
2. Have good rest. Avoid drastic physical strength, and trauma on abdomen.
3. Take nutritional food.
4. Have high-quality protein food, supply high fibre, rich vitamin food, and, eat low fat and sugar food.
5. Do some mild exercises, but not strenuous exercises.
6. Drop smoking or drinking alcohol.
And in the daily life, in order to avoid the rupture of the cysts, (your kidneys are very big now), the abdominal pressure should not be too much. When you bend down, be careful. Don't lift too heavy objects, avoid twist your waist violently, have a loose belt, and try not to have constipation.
Try not to drink coffee, coca cola. And try to be careful not to get urinary infection.