In some cases of PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), patients compliant about
rapid heartbeat, which wakes me up at night and they can not get back to sleep.
It beats like this all day, everyday. Is the rapid heartbeat associated with
PKD?
For most people, there is no close relation between kidneys and heart. In
fact, regulate blood stream is one major kidney function. According to Kidney
Foundation, the kidneys perform their life-sustaining job of filtering and
returning to the blood stream about 200 quarts of fluids every 24 hours. It is
the blood circulation that gets kidneys and heart together closely.
High blood pressure is one
of the complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease, which can make heart overload
with work, causing rapid heartbeat. More specifically speaking, high blood
pressure makes heart pump out more blood. As renal cysts get enlarge,
catecholamine in blood will get an elevation. This can quicken the
heartbeat.
Heart problem usually happens in many patients with PKD, such as aortic
insufficiency or mitral value prolapse, in which condition, it can not prevent
blood flow back to ventriculus sinister. As a result, patients tend to rapid
heartbeat.
For patients with severe PKD, rapid heartbeat may occur at the end of
dialysis (what can make you avoid dialysis). In many countries, when patients
step into Renal Failure stage, dialysis or kidney transplant will be the only
one choice. Many patients experience high heart rate while on dialysis,
especially at the end of dialysis. Normally, your doctors will ask you sit for a
bit after the treatment when they find your rapid heartbeat.
Emotion is another inducement for rapid heartbeat. When PKD progresses
through the ages, a feeling of crowed organs happens in many patients under
their ribcage or in their back. In fact, this results from the enlargement of
cysts in number and in size. However, many patients feel scared for they don’t
know the underlying cause. It is the “imaginative worries” that makes their
hearts beat faster than before.
PKD patients should make regular physical management for themselves.
Meantime, they should keep a close eye on their heart problems which may
threaten life. Besides, the treatment for underlying PKD should be taken as soon
as possible. If you need any help, you can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com. We are
glad to help you. Free service online is also available for you.
