Polycystic Kidney Disease, a hereditary disease, compared with other kidney
problems, has a worse prognosis.
About 71 percent of patients with PKD have normal renal function when they
are over 50 years old. And the percentage is 58% when people are over 58 years
old, 23% over 70 years old. Generally, male patients have a worse prognosis than
that of females. If people begin to suffer from problems of Polycystic Kidney
Disease at an early time, then he/she will surely have a poor prognosis.
Factors like high blood pressure, frequency, and urinary tract infections can
also influence the prognosis of Polycystic Kidney Disease. Before dialysis and
kidney transplant were developed, PKD patients had very bad prognosis because
the wastes like serum creatinine and urea nitrogen can not be discharged out of
body. It is said that people can only survive for about 10 years if they have
kidney insufficiency. Serum creatinine level can double every 3 years, which
means the kidney function declines very fast.
If no proper treatment is received to control the growth of kidney cyst, the
cyst will enlarge and cyst walls will become thinner. It is very likely to break
with provocation. Patients are very easy to get infection if the cysts bust. If
the cysts do not break, it will also aggravate the kidney function decline. As
the kidney has great compensation ability, the ability will not appear until
patients are 30-60 years old in most cases. Once symptoms come into being, the
illness condition will develop very fast.
To have a better prognosis of PKD, what should we do?
This is a question that every PKD patient is dying to know. To have a better
prognosis, PKD patients have to receive proper treatment and change their
lifestyle (to know how to change your lifestyle, please consult our online
medical staff, they will give you advice according to your illness
condition).
Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease hospital adopts Micro-Chinese Medicine
Osmotherapy to shrink the cysts. Through dilating blood vessels, inactivating
the epithelial cells from secreting cyst fluid, repairing the kidney units, the
active ingredients of Micro-Chinese Medicine can control the growth of kidney
cyst and improve the general kidney function.
At last, I suggest people with a PKD member in your family to have a regular
check because PKD is a genetic condition. Sincerely hope every Polycystic Kidney
Disease patient has a better prognosis and live a full life.
