ADPKD Symptoms and Treatment

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease(ADPKD) is one of common form of Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD). As it usually develops at adult, it is also called Adult PKD.
ADPKD may develop for decades asymptomatically and it begins to show up symptoms by age 30~40 (How to diagnose ADPKD?). ADPKD symptoms are as follows:

Urinary tract infection(UTI)
UTI is a common complication of the disease including pyelonephritis, cyst infection,perinephric abscess, etc. It is a difficult condition to treat. If left untreated or treated improperly, it may cause septemia and even threaten the patients' life.
Back pain
Back pain is commonly found in symptoms of ADPKD. It is attributable to a number of causes.
* Growing cysts compress the kidneys and other adjacent organs.
* Stretching of kidney fibrous tissue.
* If the enlarged cysts rupture, the patients can experience intense pain accompanying with bleeding in urine.
* Kidney stone and infection as well as cyst infection can triggers of back pain.
High blood pressure
High blood pressure usually the cause for the patients seeing a doctor. The growing cysts can compression kidney tissues and/or renal arteries, thus leading to renal ischemia and anoxia. Lack of blood and oxygen supply to kidneys can stimulate renin-angiotensin-aldosterone thus elevating blood pressure. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a major risk factor in deteriorating kidney function.
ADPKD treatment involves symptomatic treatment and etiological treatment. Usually, antibiotics, medications for blood pressure, painkillers etc are used respectively to relieve the mentioned symptoms. However, they are not enough to manage the disease and stop it from progressing at all.
Here a combination therapy of traditional Chinese medicine and immunotherapy is suggested to treat ADPKD. It aims at eliminating symptoms of ADPKD from its root causes.

These two therapies can shrink cysts in a gentle way and prevent cystic fluid secretion as well as the stop the cysts from increasing in size. In this way, ADPKD will be treated fundamentally.

Can Children with PKD Live a Long Life

Children PKD is a genetic kidney disease. In the past, there is no an effective treatment for the condition. Consequently, many children even could not live to adulthood. In recent years, with modern medical development, a complete treatment system is introduced into the treatment of children PKD and it it can deliver the children a long life as every healthy child. PKD is a hard condition to control and it is featured with a cluster of cysts on both kidneys. The earlier symptoms of PKD in Children appear, the worse prognosis it will be. Therefore, children PKD implies a bad prognosis. With age, the cysts will increase in both size and number. They will compress the surrounding nephrons and renal arteries. On one hand, it can cause pressure to healthy nephrons directly and cause renal tissues fibrosis. On the other hand, the cysts can compress renal arteries and cause insufficient blood and oxygen supply to kidneys. As a result, lack of blood and oxygen supply can cause the kidney tissues and cells to die gradually. Therefore, to extend the life span of children PKD, the therapy should focus on shrinking the cysts and stopping them from enlarging as well as restoring the impaired kidney structure. Here Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is suggested to the treatment of children PKD. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a natural therapy and it is mainly composed of natural herbs and some animal skeleton, insects, etc. These substances are free of invasive and side effects on body completely. So the parents do not need to worry about the huge side effects of chemical drugs at all. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy not only can shrink cysts in a gentle way and improve renal function effectively. Therefore, it can extend life span of children PKD greatly. Learn More: Help Control And Treat High Blood Pressure in PKD

Naturopathic Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Naturopathic treatments offer a holistic approach to treat Polycystic Kidney Disease with a very minor use of pharmaceutical drugs and surgery. They go after the source of PKD, instead of just treating symptoms. With this integral modality of medicine, patients can live a normal lifestyle.

Here are some natural treatment approaches that we suggest to help people with PKD:
▪ Do not smoke or drink alcohol, coffee or soft drinks.
▪ Exercise daily and get outside for fresh air.
▪ Prevent catching a cold or getting an infection, which may aggravate the renal injury.
▪ Have a good control of blood pressure and delay the renal function deterioration and prevent complications.
▪ Be careful about oral hygiene after meals. Eliminate bad breath so as to reduce nausea and prevent molds and the increase of bacteria.
▪ The disease may be exacerbated with stress and anxiety, so mind-body techniques such as meditation, tai chi, yoga, and stress management may help prevent it.
▪ Drinking waster and transitioning to a low-protein, low-sodium diet also may slow the effects of hypertension.

Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture for treating PKD
Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating PKD. Usually, we use a innovative herbal therapy known as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to stop the growth of renal cysts and shrink them over time. Besides, this remedy can protect the residual kidney function and repair the impaired kidneys.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of sterilized fine steel needles at specific points in the body in order to stimulate the function of internal organs. It can work to adjust the blood circulation, thus alleviating pain and improving the disease condition.

Naturopathic treatments for PKD provided by our kidney experts aim for the complete elimination of the root cause of the disease. If you would like to know more, please email us pkddoctor@hotmail.com .

How to Treat Nausea in Polycystic Kidney

Nausea, the feeling that precedes vomiting, is a symptom of numerous of conditions. In some cases, this is a brief, mild and temporary symptom, caused by riding on a roller coaster or consuming small quantity of harmful bacteria. In severe cases, nausea may indicate a serious health condition that requires medical attention. People with Polycystic Kidney Disease may also experience this symptom. Fortunately, treatment is available to eliminate the problem.

Underlying causes
Polycystic Kidney is one of the leading cause of kidney failure. About 40-50 percent of PKD patients do experience renal failure. If this happens, both of the kidneys may fail, and they are unable to discharge the metabolic products and excess fluid out of the body. As a result, large amount of wastes such as creatinine, urea nitrogen, etc, will build up in the body. Nausea in PKD is associated with elevated levels of urea nitrogen in the blood.
When there is increased BUN levels, the urea in the intestinal tract will be decomposed into ammonia with the help of bacteria. The ammonia will irritate the intestinal mucosa, resulting in the symptom of nausea. Generally, the higher the level of BUN is, the more severe the nausea will be.

Treatment
Dialysis. Many patients with renal failure adopt dialysis, a process that filter the blood much like a healthy kidney would do. This process can help to remove excess wastes from the blood, thus alleviating the symptom of nausea in PKD. However, dialysis is not a cure for kidney disease, and it is just a temporary amelioration.

Patients with PKD who are suffering from nausea are recommended to find a fundamental treatment method to repair the kidney damage and restore the renal function. Once the kidneys can function normally by themselves, the symptoms will disappear permanently. And the life quality can be significantly improved.

Is Having Polycystic Kidney Disease Fatal

"My mother has Polycystic Kidney Disease, and I got the disease since I was born. So I am wonder that whether PKD is fatal or not? How to treat the disease?" PKD is a kind of hereditary kidney disease which occur due to congenital renal abnormality. In clinic, we can make a diagnosis of PKD according to factors such as the age of onset, typical family history, typical clinical manifestations, etc. Most (>75%) of Autosomal Dominant PKD, or Adult PKD is inherited from parents, while minority (<25%) of cases occurs due to genetic mutation. Actually, having PKD is not fatal. With prompt treatment, we can have a good control of the disease and stop its progression. What causes the progression of PKD? The main reason is the faulty genes of chromosome. The renal cyst originates from the renal tubules including the proximal tubules and distal tubules. The cystic liquid varies with cystic origin. How to stop the development of PKD and treat this disorder from the root cause? Currently, there is not yet a cure for the disease. The most effective therapy is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is an innovated treatment which is created based on more than 20 years' clinical practices. It can treat PKD fundamentally from the root cause. The therapy aims at blocking the renal fibrosis process, repairing the damage renal intrinsic cells, and restoring the renal functions. After the occurrence of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, patients do not need to be worried about the Polycystic Kidney. The nation's top kidney experts have been applying osmotherapy since 1986. During the past decades, over 10 prescriptions have been developed and used in clinical treatment. For the last 3 years, about 1053 PKD patients throughout the world adopted this natural treatment, and clinical data show that the successful rate is more than 95%. If you are still looking for better therapy for your disease, Micro-Chinese Medicine is a good choice.

Can a Polycystic Kidney Disease Patient Do Hard Work

Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic disorder where numerous cysts filled with fluid grow and damage the kidneys. The kidneys then get larger and ultimately stop working properly. If you have PKD, you may have questions about keeping jobs. Continue reading to find associated answers of your questions. Whether a person with PKD can work or not varies between individuals. Much of it depends on what type the patient does and how far their disease has advanced. For instance, persons who have jobs which require moderate to strenuous physical work will find it more difficult to perform their tasks as their PKD progresses. In some cases, even individuals who have positions which require less or little physical activity may also face challenges performing their word based on how their body is reacting to the disorder. Generally, after the diagnosis of PKD, patients are recommended to avoid hard work. If you are still working with the disease, it is necessary to make sure that the present job won't cause aggravation of your disease. Otherwise, certain changes should be made as soon as possible, such as: ▪ Lessen the workload; ▪ It is possible to work from home at least a couple of days per week, if not each day; ▪ With a flexible schedule, you can go to see the doctor regularly. Then, we can avoid the deterioration of PKD caused by work. What else should PKD patients know? You might need help in order to return to a full, productive life after the disease. Your family, friends, employers and health care staff can help you, but the most important person in the rehabilitation plan is YOU, the person with kidney disease. It will take hard work and determination for you to cope with the changes caused by your illness, but the results can be worth of the effort. Is there still anything unclear? We're here to help.

PKD and High Potassium and Creatinine in Blood

pkd and Creatinine in Blood

Individuals with inherit PKD develop fluid-filled cysts in both kidneys. Over time, these cysts grow and multiply, causing the kidney to increase sometimes dramatically in size. The normal kidney is roughly the size of a human fist, PKD kidneys can grow to be the size of a football or larger. When the kidneys are malfunction, a variety of symptoms can be caused, such as high potassium and creatinine in blood.

High potassium in PKD
The kidneys normally discharge excess potassium from the body. High levels of potassium are more likely to happen when the Polycystic kidneys are unable to work well enough and are less able to get rid of potassium.
Hyperkalemia occurs when the levels are higher than 5 mEq/L. In this case, patients may not have any symptoms, but if the levels reach higher than 6.5 mEq/L, the signals that go from the nerves to muscles will be impaired. As a result, paralysis will occur, causing weak muscles and reducing patient's reflexes. Because nerves also stimulate the heart muscle, cardiac changes can also be caused.

High creatinine in blood with PKD
How to Reduce High Creatinine for PKD Patients? Measuring serum creatinine is a useful method of evaluating renal dysfunction. Creatinine is freely filtered and therefore the serum creatinine level depends on the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR). Normal range is about 0.6~1.2 mg/dl. If the level doubles, the GFR is considered to have been halved. A threefold increase reflects a 75% loss of kidney function.

The kidneys are the key to understanding why PKD patients' blood potassium and creatinine levels would be high. Of the greatest concern is a decrease in kidney function due to enlarged cysts. Therefore, to rectify the abnormalities, we need to find a fundamental method to restrain the growth of PKD cysts and shrink them gradually. In this way, we can protect the residual renal function from further deterioration. Have you found such an effective treatment? If not, you can send an email to pkddoctor@hotmail.com . Our experts will guide you to the best treatment!

Learn More: What to Do To Prevent Cysts from Rupturing In PKD Patients

Stage 5 PKD with Protein in Urine and Swelling in Feet

"I am a CKD patient stage 5 with Polycystic Kidney Disease. I also have symptoms like protein in urine, swelling in feet and little backpain near left kidney area. I'm on medications as suggested by my doctor, but it seems to be my kidney keep weaken. What can I do to control my disease?"

According to your description, now you are in Stage 5 PKD. This means your kidney function has decline to less than 15%. Simply medication treatment is not enough to control the disease, we need comprehensive solutions to improve your kidney function and avoid dialysis.
Symptoms like protein in urine and swelling in feet occur due to severe kidney damage. After we restore the renal injury, they will be alleviated and your life quality can be significantly improved. How to Treat Proteinuria of PKD?
Here, we suggest you to consider a holistic treatment for PKD called Immunotherapy. Maybe you can understand it better by reading the following introduction.

Firstly, a precise diagnosis.
A satisfactory treatment effect is based on an accurate diagnosis. In this step, we will find out the cause of kidney damage and which part of the kidney is impaired. Special tests like renal damage test, lymphocyte subsets which can judge patient's immune function, and urinary protein electrophoresis which help us judge the type of protein.

Secondly, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.
▪ Stop further decline of kidney function through restrain the enlargement of PKD cysts;
▪ Protect the residual kidney intrinsic cells and tissues from damaging;
▪ Shrink all-size of cysts gradually over time, as it can inactivate the cystic fluid secretion, increase the permeability of cyst wall and promote the reabsorption of cystic fluid;
▪ Improve the kidney function by enhance blood circulation and self-healing process of the kidneys.

Finally, immune reconstruction.
Kidney disease occurs due to damaged immune system and low immunity, so if we want to avoid the relapse of kidney disease, we should to rebuild our immune system and improve our immunity. Chinese medicine, Mai Kang He Ji can regulate the whole immunity to safeguard the above effect. Herbs medicines can replenish vital energy, nourish blood, relax muscles and tendons, to regulate the disordered immunity, then protect it. This step prevent the disease from the root.

Learn More: How to Prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease Developing into Kidney Failure

Hope for End Stage PKD not on Dialysis

As for your end stage PKD, available treatments should help to repair the injured kidneys and improve kidney function
"I am 65 years old and have been living with PKD for 15 years. Now I am in the end stage renal disease not on dialysis at the moment. How can your medicine help my condition?"
As you said, you are in the end stage PKD, so there is less than 15 percent of kidney function left. If you want to avoid dialysis in the future, the renal function should be improved maximally. Hope you can understand better through the following explanation.

How does kidney damage occur due to PKD?
Kidney cortex, which is composed of nephrons, occupies 1/3 of the kidneys. Each nephron consists of renal corpuscle and renal tubules. One renal corpuscle is composed of glomerulus, a glomerulus is a ball constituted of numerous capillaries. The kidneys consist of really numerous capillaries.
If a person is affected by PKD, there will be many cysts develop on the surface of the capillaries with varied sizes. These cysts will compress the capillaries and obstruct the blood circulation of the body. Over time, the kidneys will be damaged.
As for your end stage PKD, available treatments in western medicines include dialysis and kidney transplant. But many patients have found new hope in Chinese medicine, which can help to restore the kidney function through shrinking the cysts, preventing them from enlargement, and protect the kidneys from damaging. Although there are still many small cysts, they won't affect your normal life and work. In this way, you can avoid dialysis.
The remedy is known as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. Other than surgical operation, it is a natural therapy applied externally. No pain and no side effects will be caused.
Natural herbal medicines can function to promote the permeability of cystic wall, cyst liquid will be reabsorbed into blood vessels, so all-sized cysts will shrink with the correct treatment for PKD.
And then through dilating renal blood vessels and degrading the extracellular matrix, the renal ischemia and hypoxia will be improved, so does the whole body blood circulation. With increased blood flow volume to the kidneys, more nutrients in the blood will be transferred into kidney lesions, so kidneys can get more nutrients to help self-heal. Simultaneously in such improved environment, the epithelial cell of cystic wall will be prevented from further secreting, so small cysts won't grow any more.
Learn more:Flank Pain in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Stage 5 PKD with Protein in Urine and Swelling in Feet

"I am a CKD patient stage 5 with Polycystic Kidney Disease. I also have symptoms like protein in urine, swelling in feet and little backpain near left kidney area. I'm on medications as suggested by my doctor, but it seems to be my kidney keep weaken. Is there a natural treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease?"
According to your description, now you are in Stage 5 PKD. This means your kidney function has decline to less than 15%. Simply medication treatment is not enough to control the disease, we need comprehensive solutions to improve your kidney function and avoid dialysis.
Symptoms like protein in urine and swelling in feet occur due to severe kidney damage. After we restore the renal injury, they will be alleviated and your life quality can be significantly improved.
Here, we suggest you to consider a holistic treatment for PKD called Immunotherapy. Maybe you can understand it better by reading the following introduction.

Firstly, a precise diagnosis.
A satisfactory treatment effect is based on an accurate diagnosis. In this step, we will find out the cause of kidney damage and which part of the kidney is impaired. Special tests like renal damage test, lymphocyte subsets which can judge patient's immune function, and urinary protein electrophoresis which help us judge the type of protein.

Secondly, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.
▪ Stop further decline of kidney function through restrain the enlargement of PKD cysts;
▪ Protect the residual kidney intrinsic cells and tissues from damaging;
▪ Shrink all-size of cysts gradually over time, as it can inactivate the cystic fluid secretion, increase the permeability of cyst wall and promote the reabsorption of cystic fluid;
▪ Improve the kidney function by enhance blood circulation and self-healing process of the kidneys.

Finally, immune reconstruction.
Kidney disease occurs due to damaged immune system and low immunity, so if we want to avoid the relapse of kidney disease, we should to rebuild our immune system and improve our immunity. Chinese medicine, Mai Kang He Ji can regulate the whole immunity to safeguard the above effect. Herbs medicines can replenish vital energy, nourish blood, relax muscles and tendons, to regulate the disordered immunity, then protect it. This step prevent the disease from the root.
Learn more:You can have a healthy PKD diet to assist your treatment.

Is There Any Cure for Polycystic Kidney 2cm Cysts in Both Kidneys

"My age is 46 years old, was diagnosed the presence of Polycystic Kidney size 2cm in both kidneys, creatinine 1.4 (0.4-1.1) and I was told there is no cure for this disease, only treatment of any infections. Is there any cure for my condition in Chinese medicine?"

Polycystic Kidney Disease is genetic. Are There Any Ways to Avoid Dialysis for PKD Patients? It's true that the disease cannot be fundamentally cured, but it can be well controlled so that you can avoid dialysis or kidney transplant.

You have 2cm cysts in both of your kidneys. The cysts are not big and can still be shrunk by medicine. Your creatinine 1.4 is slightly higher than normal value. This means that you still have much kidney function left. Treated promptly, your disease can still be reversed. So you should be confident to defeat the illness with our mutual endeavor!

What treatment is available in Chinese medicine to help treat Polycystic Kidney effectively? One of these effective therapies is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. Have you heard of traditional Chinese medicine? Conventionally, medicines are taken orally in TCM. Osmotherapy is an innovative form used externally on the back, so it is more convenient and there is no side effect to the human body.

How can Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy take effect to reverse your Polycystic Kidney? Hope the following points can give you a general understand. 1) We use Osmotherapy to expand blood vessels, speed up blood circulation on cyst walls, and improve the permeability of the cysts, thus making the cysts shrink and decrease, until it stops secreting. 2) With decreased internal pressure of the cysts, their sizes will become smaller and smaller gradually, thus decreasing their compression to the surrounding renal tissues. 3) After the cysts disappear, they are not easy to recur. The symptoms of Polycystic Kidney such as blood in the urine, back pain, elevated blood pressure, etc will go away thoroughly.
With the rapid development of medical science, we believe there will be a fundamental cure for PKD in the near future. Don't lose heart. We will try our best to help. Any question? You can send an email to pkddoctor@hotmail.com.

Learn More: How to Prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease Developing into Kidney Failure

Symptoms in Late Stage of Polycystic Kidney Disease

In the early stage of Polycystic Kidneys Stage, patients' kidneys are usually in a normal size, and patients do not have obvious discomfort normally. While in the late stage of Polycystic Kidney Disease, with cysts growing, kidney size can also increase with morphological abnormality which may includes abnormality of renal calices and renal pelvis, damage to integrate structure of renal papilla and renal pyramid. Cysts are round with different sizes.

At the beginning, only a few cysts can be seen in kidney. With illness condition development, cysts become more and more, and finally they can replace renal tissue. At this moment, Kidney can grow to the size of about two football. Through microscope, integrate renal structure can be seen between cysts. But these renal structures are found with changes from normal tissue to Glomerular Sclerosis, renal tubule atrophy, or interstitial fibrosis and other changes. All these changes were caused by renal ischemia under cystic pressure.

Bilateral Kidneys of Patients who suffer from Polycystic Kidney Disease can have an obvious increase on size and weight, about 10 times more than normal ones. Epithelial cells become columnar and are in conformity with collecting tubes. Renal calices and renal pelvis are narrowed and minified due to swollen renal parenchyma.

At last, renal function can be completely damaged with the growing cysts on polycystic kidney, and then Renal Insufficiency, or even Uremia can be caused, with losing renal function.

Learn More: Can Chinese Medicine Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)