Headache and Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD)

Headache is a common symptom in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). When migraine headache hits people with Polycystic Kidney Disease, all they really care about is how to relieve it. If you also have such a problem, the following information may be something you want to know.

Even when kidney functions are still normal, PKD patients will begin to have high blood pressure. Badly controlled hypertension can cause headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and insomnia.

Try to avoid some foods: It shows that certain foods, especially aged cheese, chocolate, nuts, alcohol, processed foods and salty foods, may trigger migraines. Therefore, you had better avoid them in your daily life.

Some pain relievers will be needed if your headache is hard to bear, but remember to avoid drugs that may do harm to your kidneys like aspirin and paracetamol and so on.

Use some herbal medicines: To relieve their migraine headache, most people with Polycystic Kidney Disease would like to choose herbal medicines rather than western medicine, because they know herbal medicines usually have less side effect than western medicines.