Q: I have PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) with multiple bilateral renal cysts
measuring up to approximately 4.2 cm on the right and 2.2 cm on the left. My
current doctor doesn't want to do anything. She just wants to give me another
blood pressure medicine. Is there anyone I can turn to for help?
A: PKD is a genetic disease and usually have a family history. Its incidence
rate is 50% and the abnormal gene can be passed from generation to generation.
Still some people who do not have family history, but they can also suffer from
disease due to genetic mutation.
At present, there are mainly two treatments for Polycystic Kidneys, surgery
and conservative treatments. However, as for small sized renal cysts, namely
within 5cm or larger, surgery can not do anything for it is too small for this
technology. Thereby, many doctors prescript some anti-hypertension medicines to
delay patient’s complication. Evenhigh blood pressure gets an alleviation, the
medicines fail to take any effects in renal disease.
However, we are not suggest that patients do nothing but wait for renal cysts
becoming larger, then take further treatment. One thing should be pointed,
larger renal cysts will damaged your kidneys and some damages can lead to
serious complications and can’t be reversed.
Thereby, early treatment is very important to protect your kidneys,
especially when renal cysts are not large enough to hurt your renal tissues.
Compared with surgery, conservative treatment, also know as Chinese Herbal
Medicine, can take effects in shrinking renal cysts, no matter how large or
small the kidney cysts are.
The newest Chinese Herbal Medicine is a kind of external application. Patient
do not need any surgery and it is no pain and very safe. What patients should do
is to lie in bed for about 45mins each time with herbal medicine pouch fixing on
waist area.
The effective component will penetrate into renal lesion. Through dilating
blood vessels, restrict cysts fluids generation and increasing cyst wall
permeability, the cyst liquids will be force into blood vessels and be carried
out through blood circulation. By this, renal cysts in PKD patients will stop
enlarging and will shrink little by little, avoiding further renal damages and
renal functions decline.
If anyone who wants to know more information, you can tell your kidney cysts
size, number and your symptoms or complications of PKD. We will provide you
further suggestions. Contact mail kidney-treatment@hotmail.com
