It is a slow developing process from Polycystic Kidney Disease to Uremia.
Growing and increasing cysts are root cause of leading to Uremia. In the early
stage, there are very few cysts in kidney, and cyst number increases with
illness development. Finally, healthy kidney can be filled with massive cysts,
resulting in High Blood Pressure and renal functional abnormality. Then Uremia
occurs naturally.
There are five stages in the process of Polycystic Kidney Disease developing
into Uremia:
StageⅠ. Polycystic Kidney Disease Occurring Stage:
Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of hereditary disease. Patients were born
with smaller cysts which are difficult to be found. Generally, this disease can
not be found before patients are 20 years old. If there is Polycystic Kidney
Disease patient in one family, other family members should go to hospital for a
check as early as possible in order to observe cysts growing condition in time.
Besides, patients should care more about their daily life in this stage.
Stage Ⅱ. Growing Stage:
When patients are in the age range of 30 to 40 years old, cysts grow faster
than the first stage. In this stage, close observation is necessary. Western
Medicine has no effective way to treat this disease and holds the opinion that
there is no need to treat the disease in this stage. Actually, patients still
need active treatment in this stage with the purpose to stop or delay cysts
growing through applying Chinese Medicine with strong function of activating
blood and eliminating blood stasis. Through this way, patients’ life can be
prolonged greatly. In a sense, this stage is the key stage for Micro-Chinese
Medicine to delay cysts growth.
Stage Ⅲ. Cyst Swollen Stage:
After patients are 40 years old, cysts can have a further growth and
enlargement. With cysts growing, more clinical symptoms, like waist pain,
Albuminuria, Haematuria, High Blood Pressure, appear. As for treatment, this
stage is a very important stage for the treatment of Chinese Medicine combined
with Western Medicine to play its role in treating Polycystic Kidney
Disease.
Stage Ⅳ. Cyst Rupture Stage:
If cysts grow continuously, cyst rupture happens under the action of some
external factors. Once cyst rupture happens, patients should be sent to hospital
for treatment as soon as possible in order to control infection, prevent
Hematosepsis and acute renal function aggravation, which is beneficial to solve
other symptoms.
StageⅤ. Uremia Stage:
Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of hereditary disease, which means that
normal renal tissue is replaced by cysts with fluid inside. When these cysts
grow bigger, they will lead to kidney functional abnormality, causing difficulty
for kidney to play its normal role in excreting metabolism waste. With illness
condition development, renal function is so damaged and Uremia happens. As for
treatment of Uremia, the key is to block Renal Fibrosis.
From the above, we can see that it is a very slow process of Polycystic
Kidney Disease developing into Uremia. Though Polycystic Kidney Disease can not
be eliminate from its root, it can be controlled effectively if proper treatment
can be taken to block Renal Fibrosis, which is helpful to prevent PKD developing
into Uremia.
