Can People with Chronic Renal Disease Do Exercise

Proper exercise can improve kidney condition and slow down progression of Chronic Renal Disease. Depending on your current physical condition you should do exercise suited for you.
Exercise can help you in many ways. If you are overweight, it can burn your fat, making you lose extra pounds. It can strength muscle, especially cardiac muscle. Hence, it can improve your heart function and reduce your risk of developing heart disease. However, too strenuous exercise can increase the production of creatinine( end product of creatine in muscle), thus putting extra strain on kidneys. Therefore, they should control activity level. Besides physical benefits, exercise can also reduce bad emotion as well as improve psychological well-being.
However, the patients with Chronic Renal Disease should follow their doctors' advices strictly. For some people, like PKD patients, they should avoid touch sports to prevent ruptures of enlarged cysts. Diabetic Nephropathy patients should limit exercise because extra exercise may cause hypoglycemia, coma etc.
Meanwhile, you should know that you should still keep recommended kidney diet. A friendly kidney diet and exercise program together can give you a better improvement. If you have an increase in your appetite, you should discuss it with your renal dietitian, they will adjust your diet and make sure you can get enough calorie intake.
However, if you perspire heavily after exercise, you should have more fluid to replace lost fluid, depending on which stage of Chronic Renal Disease you have. You should talk to your renal dietitian before making any changes to the amount of fluids you are drinking.
No matter which stage of Chronic Renal Disease are you in, you should take proper exercise to improve your overall health. However, you should consult your doctor before staring any exercise program. In this way, you can get the maxima benefits from it. Leave a message below or send an e-mail to khkpcn@hotmail.com if you have any questions.