Recently it is difficult to treat renal failure caused by polycystic kidney disease. What we should do is early detection and prevention of the occurrence
and development of complication in order to protect renal function and avoid the
further damage. As long as the patients receive a reasonable treatment, most
symptoms can be controlled and renal function can be improved as well. So
patients are more likely to have a high-quality and long life.
For PKD is known as a genetic disorder, most of patients with PKD have a
family history. If someone has suffered PKD, his family members must take
examination regularly so as to detect this disease at an early stage and have a
timely treatment. At present, PKD is usually diagnosed by kidney imaging
studies, the common form of which is ultrasound, but more precise studies such
as CT and MRI are also wildly used. Besides, the genetic test can confirm
whether fetuses have the PKD gene in order to enhance the eugenics rate.
There are numerous complications associated with PKD including high blood
pressure, urinary tract infection and renal cystic rupture. The complications
must be prevented and treated timely, for they are the main factors to reduce
the renal function. Patients should avoid some medicines which have the side
effects on kidney and bring about more damage of kidney. If the patients have
hematuresis and backache, the cysts are probably infected or ruptured. Patients
should be taken to hospital lest the best time for treatment is missed to worsen
the renal failure.
PKD is a chronic disease and progresses very slowly and the patients’
condition will be easily aggravated by mood swing, overwork, unsuitable diet and
injury. So patients with PKD keep a good mood and combine the exertion and rest
in order to increase confidence to go against this disease. Patients’ diet must
be mild and nutritious. Intake of protein should be limited, meanwhile fat and
spicy food must be avoided. If edema emerges, sodium must be limited for the
patients.
Early detection can help patients to take the best chance to go against this
disease. If patients find PKD earlier, they have more hope to block the
worsening disease and keep a good condition. If they missed the best time,
enlarged cysts would oppress the renal tissue, causing renal failure in the end.
Western medicines are usually used to control the symptoms, meanwhile the
Chinese herbs therapy should be adopted for treatment of PKD from the root.
Thereby the combination of western and Chinese medicine has a unexpected effect
on PKD.
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