A Healthy Diet for Renal Cortical Cyst

If you have renal cortical cyst, a healthy diet is very important for you, because it can help slow down the progression of your condition. How to make a healthy diet for renal cortical cyst?

Consume high-quality protein

No matter what kidney disorder you have, excessive protein intake can increase the workload on patients' kidney. In view of this, eating high-quality protein instead of high-quantity protein is better to you. Milk,lean meat, fish, and so on all belong to high-quality foods. You can consume them correctly. 

Develop a low-sodium diet
In most cases, people with renal cortical cysts are the elder who are more likely to have high blood pressure. In addition, large renal cortical cyst may also cause hypertension. High-sodium diet can cause or worsen your hypertension, so you are recommended to take a low-sodium diet.

Limit the intake of potassium
Regardless of what size of renal cortical cyst you have, your doctor will routinely measure the potassium in your blood because enlarged kidney cysts can cause kidney damage as so to elevate levels of potassium, which are dangerous because they can cause tachycardia, or irregular heartbeats. Doctors treat this by recommending a low-potassium diet that eliminates or greatly limits high-potassium foods such as lentils, tomatoes, broccoli, squash, carrots, bananas and oranges.

Lower the intake of phosphorus 
You don't need to abide by this tip unless your kidneys are damaged by renal cortical cysts. High phosphorus foods include cocoa, beer, milk products, organ meats and legumes.
Many diet tips should depend on your condition. Always make sure your diet is good for you overall health. 

What Is Renal Cortical Cyst Treatment

Renal cortical cysts are cysts that are found at the kidney at the site called cortex. They are usually an incidental findings during the ultrasound and don't cause any symptoms. However, with age, some of them may grow too big thus causing some symptoms. In this condition, some remedies are needed to treat renal cortical cyst.

No treatment
If you have a small kidney cysts that isn't causing you any problems, your physician will generally leave it alone, though she may follow up with additional scans in six to 12 months. But if you experience symptoms of a renal cortical cyst, your physician will probably send you to a urologist, who specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney problems.

Treat renal cortical cyst with a needle
For relative large cortical cyst, a physician can drain and permanently harden them by inserting a needle directly into them. The process removes fluid and replaces it with alcohol, which causes the tissue that makes up the cyst to harden.

Surgery
Larger renal cortical cysts may require surgical removal. Most surgeons prefer laparoscopic surgery, which involves smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and a faster recovery. During the surgery, your surgeon will drain the cyst of fluid and then remove or burn away its outer layer of tissue.

Herbal remedy
Compared with the above remedies, herbal medicines focus on all kidney cysts both small and large. With the help of oral and external application herbal medicines, patients' renal cortical cysts can srhink gradually. And then, patients' condition can be improved largely.
Choosing a correct treatment is the key to deal with renal cortical cyst. Make sure you have known the therapy very well before beginning it.

How to Manage Renal Cortical Cyst Symptoms

Renal cortical cyst refers to a cyst arising from renal cortex. With small size, it usually don't cause any symptoms. However, once they become bigger than 3cm, patients may suffer from the following symptoms. 

What are renal cortical cyst symptoms? 

Back and pain

A sore feeling in the lower back, on one or both sides, is common with patients who have renal cortical cysts. The pain can range from dull ache to sharp pains that require medication for relief. However, in most cases, painkillers can't work very well. In this situation, you can try some natural remedies such as food therapy and herbal teas.

Frequent Urination or Trouble Urinating
Frequent or difficult urination is another symptom of renal cortical cyst, because the enlarged kidney cyst must have damage the kidney tubular function. In this condition, finding some remedies such as the therapy of blood stasis to repair the damaged kidney tubule is very necessary.
High blood pressure
High blood pressure is a result of abnormal kidney secretion. For people with renal cortical cysts and high blood pressure, ARBs and ACEI is more suitable. However, some other remedies may be indispensable if patients have refractory high blood pressure.

Feeling of Fullness
Once a cyst becomes large enough, it is common for patients to notice a premature feeling of fullness after eating. Some may become full or bloated after a few bites, while with others it is mild and may not be noticeable at all. Usually developing a healthy diet is able to help ease this symptom.
To help more and more people who have renal cortical cysts get rid of uneasy symptoms, I have found many foods and herbs are helpful. If you are tormented by the above symptoms, you can send email to kidneysymptom@hotmail.com. I would like to share my suggestions with you.