What Can You Do to Shrink Cysts to Take Pressure off Back

2014-04-09 01:05

Question: I have autosomal PKD and am approaching stage 4. I do not wish to begin dialysis. Western medicine is useless for my condition. What can you do to shrink cysts to take pressure off my back?

Answer: ADPKD is an inherited kidney disease, characterized by fluid-filled cysts. When it develops to stage 4, the kidney cysts may be so large that they are prone to rupture under any injury. Besides, enlarging cysts can cause increased abdominal circumference, leading to increased lumbar lordosis that accelerates degenerative changes in the spine. The imbalance of the spine can be the source of a variety of different pain syndromes. If you would like to take pressure off back, shrinking cysts is a good way.

In China Kidney Hospital, we often take the method of combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine. Western medicine can control your symptoms quickly, and traditional Chinese medicine can be used to regulate your physical condition. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can inhibit the lining cells from secreting fluids, increase the pressure difference inside and outside of cyst walls and its permeability so that fluid can be removed from the sacs, as a result, your kidney cysts shrink. Besides, this therapy can also restrain kidney inflammation, improve blood circulation, prevent kidney fibrosis, and provide essential substances for kidney repair. These are helpful for kidney self-healing. Because it is to put the herbal bags on the back area, you may feel very comfortable during the process, for it has a massage effect on your back.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is just one of the TCM. Enema Therapy, Foot Bath, Medicated Bath and so on are also often used for PKD patients to help cleanse wastes from the body and recover their yin, yang, qi and blood to fight with kidney disease.

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