PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) refers to numerous cysts growing in kidneys.
It is a genetic kidney disease and most patients get PKD from their parent (s).
As polycystic kidneys develop, enlarged renal cysts will squeeze adjacent kidney
tissues, causing to renal functions decline.
How does improve declined kidney functions caused by PKD? If kidneys are
damaged seriously, some renal functions may not be reversed. Thereby, early
treatments to avoid declined renal functions are very important. Here are the
three stages for improve renal functions.
1. Stop the enlargement of renal cysts and avoid the further progress of
renal fibrosis. We know, once the sclerosis (dead renal intrinsic cells) occurs,
there is no treatment in the world to reverse its renal functions. So we should
avoid the occurrence of sclerosis.
For patients with PKD, all kidney damages come from the enlargement of renal
cysts. So the first stage to improve declined renal functions is to control
renal cysts.
2. Repair the damaged structure of renal intrinsic cells. From cytology, our
kidney consists of various functional cells. As renal cysts oppress kidney
tissues, the renal intrinsic cells in PKD patients will be divided into three
parts. Some are healthy, some are damaged, the rest are dead.
As for the healthy one, we can keep them alive by preventing renal cysts from
further enlarging. As for the damaged renal cells, we should use tonic drugs or
therapy to repair them. In this way, some parts of renal functions can be
regained.
3. As for those dead renal cells, we need to rebuild new structure of renal
intrinsic cells to replace the dead one. Thus, the “dead” renal functions can be
achieved accordingly.
After the above stages of treatment, PKD patients’ glomerular filtration
function will increase, serum creatinine will decline, which show their declined
renal functions increase. So dialysis and kidney transplant will be avoided. If
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