When Do Patients Require Dialysis in PKD

2014-10-25 15:28

PKD, polycysic kidney disease, is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. And the cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and finally cause kidney failure. Many PKD patients will wonder when they need to have dialysis in PKD.

When do patients require dialysis in PKD?

Dialysis is a replacement treatment for kidney disease patients. As we know, the kidneys have function of removing toxins and wastes in blood. However, for kidneys are damaged, the kidneys will fail to work well. When there are too much toxins and wastes building up in blood, PKD patients may need to have dialysis to help remove the harmful substances.

The doctor will measure several blood chemical levels to help decide whether dialysis is needed for PKD patients. The two major blood chemical levels are creatinine level and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level. When the two levels are higher than the normal level, it means the kidneys have been damaged severely. In general, when the creatinine level is higher than 6, patients may need to have dialysis.

In addition, when patients suffer from some severe symptoms, they may also need to have dialysis. The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, skin itching, high blood pressure, severe swelling, etc. Because these symptoms means there are too much toxins and wastes building up in blood, if they don’t have dialysis, it can be life-threatening for patients.

How to help PKD patients get rid of the dialysis?

Since the kidney failure in PKD is mainly caused by the enlargement of kidney cysts, so patients need to have effective treatment to shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function.

Here we recommend the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which uses traditional Chinese herbs, and the herbs can help shrink the kidney cysts, which can help slow down the progression of PKD. In addition, this therapy can also help repair the kidney damage and improve the kidney function, which can help prevent dialysis for PKD patients.

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