Most Polycystic Kidney Disease cases will progress into kidney failure
finally. If no effective treatment is received, they will meet a big problem to
consider about undergoing dialysis. Then, when is the dialysis recommended for
PKD patients?
Generally, when PKD patients begin to suffer from hyperkalemia and toxaemia,
which will threaten people’s lives, they will be recommended to have dialysis.
However, most patients will recommend you to have dialysis before the illness
condition has progressed into a very severe condition. Patients having dialysis
can discharge the wastes out of their body and sustain their lives.
Actually, there is no unified standard for patients to have dialysis.
Patients can only have dialysis when the hospital and patients have a
negotiation. Having dialysis too early or too late is not good for the illness
condition. In China, most patients begin to have dialysis when Ccr is lower than
10ml/min or urea nitrogen level is higher than 8.5mmol/L (80mg/dL), or serum
creatinine level is higher than 707umol/L (8mg/dL). However, in western
countries, most patients begin to have dialysis when their serum creatinine
level is higher than 425umol/L. Besides, obvious metabolic acidosis,
hyperkalemia or no urine that lead to heart failure, are all indexes to have
dialysis.
However, we should bear in mind that dialysis is not a treatment for
Polycystic Kidney Disease. It can not shrink the cysts or repair the kidney
functions. Worse than that, the kidney function will decline when patients are
undergoing dialysis. Also, dialysis will cause too many side effects such as
anemia, fluctuated blood pressure and metabolic syndrome and so on. Patients
should find a way to repair the kidney functions and shrink the cysts.
If you or a loved one of yours are suffering from Polycystic Kidney Disease
and on the edge of performing dialysis, you can consult our online medical staff
to give you the most specific suggestion. To help you is the best of our
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