As a congenital hereditary kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease is
related
to the gene mutation. There are multiple fluid cysts in the two kidneys
which will cause the enlargement of the kidneys. These cysts will increase
continuously and in the end stage cause damages to the kidneys and finally leads
to renal failure or uremia.
Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) patients in the renal failure stage usually
have relatively complicated symptoms. Besides the common symptoms that PKD
patients usually have such as abdominal mass, back pains hematuria, etc, the
patients will also have many other complications like hypertension, cyst
infections, cyst rupture. In the end stage, the patients will suffer from
enlargement of the abdomen, lower back pain, and difficulty in breathing,
urinary tract infections, nausea and vomiting and so on.How to Shrink the Cyst With Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) Does Stem Cells Really Help Polycystic Kidney
So is there any way that can help prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) from
progressing into renal failure or at least slow down the progression.
1. Early detection of the disease.How to shrink Kidney Cyst(Renal Cyst)
According to the statistics, about 60% to 70% of the Polycystic Kidney
Disease(PKD) patients inherit the disease from their parents and male and female
have the same possibility to have the disease. So if one member in your family
is diagnosed with PKD, it is very necessary for you to do related tests to
ascertain whether you have the disease or not. Once diagnosed with the disease,
proper treatment should be taken as soon as possible. Gene diagnosis can help
know the inheritance of the fetus.How Does Polycystic Kidney Disease Progress to Kidney Failure Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Be Treated and Live With for Years
2. Early treatment and prevention of the complications.
Hypertension, urinary tract infections, cyst rupture are the common
complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) and they are the factors that
can aggravate the kidney damages, so timely treatment and medicines should be
used to bring the complications well under control. But renal toxicity drugs
should be avoided.
3. Chinese medicines.
Chinese medicine has good effect on renal failure especially at the early
stage. The active ingredients in the medicines can shrink the cysts naturally,
repair kidney damages and improve kidney functions. It can act on both the
symptoms and the root causes of the symptoms. It has been proved by the years’
of clinical practices that the efficiency of Chinese medicines on chronic renal
failure can be up to 86%.
Besides proper prevention and treatment, reasonable daily care is very
conducive supplementary measures to help delay the progression from Polycystic
Kidney Disease(PKD) to renal failure.