After the centrifugal precipitation of urine, if there exist more than 5 red blood cells in it under each high power field, it is medically called Hematuria. Hematuria is one of the symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD).
Hematuria caused by Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is the common symptom among PKD patients. Only few PKD patients have fewer cysts or bleeding in early stage, Cysts can grow increasingly in the majority of PKD patients’ body, which can arouse cysts rupture and bleeding finally. For cysts growing causes pressure which results in cysts’ wall rupture and bleeding. Bleeding volume is not the same, and over 60% of PKD patients have once bleeding in their life.
How to treat PKD hematuria? No matter what types of PKD hematuria, they are all caused by the enlargement of cysts, so the key point of treatment is to contract cysts. Combination of traditional Chinese medicine with the Western medicine is the best way of treating PKD. Western medicine mainly copes with symptoms, while traditional Chinese medicine treats disease from pathogenesis by controlling the enlargement of cysts, which is realized through inactivation of epithelial cells of cysts. Then with reduced cyst liquid secretion, cysts will stop growing.
In addition, experts remind that the key point of treating hematuria is to treat it from its resource-the cysts of kidney. So patients should prevent from the enlargement and burst of cysts positively. The treatment of the cysts is the fundamental method. If you have other questions, please contact us on-line or by email.
