Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease (ACKD) refers to the kidney disorder in which
the kidneys develop fluid-filled sacs called renal cysts. ACKD usually happens
in people who are on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Does dialysis lead to
acquired cystic kidney disease?
Does dialysis lead to acquired cystic kidney disease?
In fact, many people with chronic kidney disease develop ACKD. It is chronic
kidney disease or kidney failure that is the root cause of ACKD. However, the
risk of developing ACKD increases with the number of years a person takes
dialysis.
Many researchers point out that dialysis filters out many wastes and excess
fluids, but not all toxins are removed. They believe that the rest waste
products which are not cleansed out by dialysis that causes the ACKD, causing
many cysts filling in the kidneys.
Does dialysis really influence Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease a lot?
Researchers conduct study on people who are on dialysis, which proves that
dialysis plays an important role in developing ACKD. Here is the statistics for
your information.
● About 20% of patients have developed ACKD who start dialysis less than 4
years.
● About 60%~80% of patients develop ACKD who are on dialysis about 4
years.
● About 90% of Patients develop ACKD who adopt dialysis for 8 years.
How to Prevent Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease?
As this disease is caused by kidney failure and dialysis, the best way to
prevent ACKD is to avoid kidney failure and dialysis.
With the respect of how to avoid kidney failure and dialysis, kidney function
improvement can achieve the goal. Chinese Herbal Medicine and Immunotherapy are
used to improve kidney functions currently.
Chinese Herbal Medicine which considers the patient as a whole unit,
prescript the formula according to the individual condition. It can help
dredging clogged blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation, cleanse away the
wastes in blood, thus to clean a favorable environment for damaged cells to
self-cure. As blood vessels spread the whole body, thereby many patients usually
experience a whole healthy improvement with a specific kidney functions.
Immunotherapy play a different role in
improving kidney functions. Immunotherapy aim to generating new healthy renal
cells to replace the dead ones to improve kidney functions.
When kidney functions are improved, kidney failure will be avoided and
dialysis is not necessary for patients. In this way, kidney disease patients can
prevent acquired cystic kidney disease successfully.
