Polycystic Kidney Disease: Symptoms and Treatment

Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of inherited diseases which will pass through the family. The children have a 50% chance to get it if one of their parents carries the faulty gene of Polycystic Kidney Disease. When people get Polycystic Kidney Disease, numerous cysts will form in their kidneys

Symptoms

In the early stage of Polycystic Kidney Disease, Patients do not present symptoms until half of their kidney functions are damaged. When the following symptoms occur, patients should be alert.

1. Abdominal pain

Abdominal pain is a very common symptom of Polycystic Kidney Disease. About 60% of patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease are suffering from it. The continuous growth of the cysts will enlarge the kidneys, pulling the renal capsules. Thus, the abdominal pain presents.

2. Hematuria ( Blood in the urine)

About half of patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease present microscopic hematuria, some of them having gross hematuria. The enlarging cysts will press the small vessels and when the vessels are ruptured, hematuria will occur. Hematuria is always accompanied with white blood cells and small amount of proteinuria.

3. Excessive urine at night

The press on the kidneys can cause damage of the tubules, losing its normal function of urine concentration and reabsorption of water. So, the normal procedure of urination function will be prolonged. Thus, the urine is discharged at night which should be in the day.

What is more, high blood pressure, flank pain on one or both sides, renal insufficiency can also present for patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Treatment

The goal of treatment is control the symptoms and the occurrence of symptoms from the root, which is to shrink the cysts. Polycystic Kidney Disease should be treated as early as possible. The western therapies of treatment mainly include top decompression, paracentesis and even the removal of the cysts. Nevertheless, these therapies all can cause severe damage to the already damaged kidneys. Is there a natural way to treat Polycystic Kidney Disease?

The Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy are recommended by experts from Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital. The combination of these two therapies can reach their best efficacies to shrink the cysts and control the illness condition for fear of the occurrence of Kidney Failure. Please send email to kidneyfailurecn@hotmail.com.