Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of hereditary Kidney Disease, with
certain law objective law of occurrence and development. Stages of Polycystic
Kidney Disease development can be listed as follows:
StageⅠ. Occurring Stage. Because this disease is a kind of hereditary
disease, cysts have already formed when they were born. And normally, cysts
cannot be found easily before patients are 20 years old due to the small size of
cysts. If there are Polycystic Kidney Disease patients among family members,
other family members should go to hospital for a check so as to observe cysts
growing condition as early as possible. During this stage, patients should pay
attention to daily life care.
Stage Ⅱ. Growing Stage. Cysts can grow faster when patients are in the range
of 30 to 40 year old. This period is called growing stage medically. During this
stage, observation on cysts growth should be strengthened. Western Medicine has
no effective treatment to cure this disease in this stage, and it only can treat
symptoms like Hypertension and other symptoms, which is absolutely passive.
Actually, patients still need active treatment in this stage with the purpose of
blocking or delaying cysts growing and prolonging patients’ life through the
application of Chinese Medicine with stronger ability of activating blood and
eliminating blood stasis. In another word, this stage can be the key stage for
Chinese Medicine to delay cysts growing by activating blood and eliminating
blood stasis.
Stage Ⅲ. Enlargement Stage. When patients are more than 40 years old, cysts
can grow and enlarge further. From cysts increasing to more than 4cm to cysts
rupture, this period is called Enlargement Stage. With cysts growing and
increasing, more and more clinical symptoms like, waist ache, Albuminuria,
Haematuria, increased blood pressure, etc, appear. Close observation is needed
at this moment. As for treatment, Chinese Medicine can be taken to activate
blood, eliminate blood stasis, excrete turbid and remove cystic fluid that can
be harmful to renal function, in order to protect renal function.
Stage Ⅳ. Rupture Stage. If cysts keep growing, they may rupture under actions
of external factors. Patients should be hospitalized to accept treatment once
cysts rupture and control infections actively in order to prevent Septicemia and
acute aggravation of renal function, which is helpful to treat other symptoms
effectively.
Stage Ⅴ. Uremia Stage. During this stage, patients should accept treatment
actively to cure Uremia in order to protect remained renal function. Peritoneal
Dialysis and Hemodialysis are taken to treat this disease in the end stage of
Uremia.
