PKD And Right Kidney 6x6x14 cm

2014-07-03 07:38

Patient: I am suffering from Polycystic Kidney Disease. Several days ago I had myself tested and test report comes out and said right kidney 6x6x14 cm. I know it is larger than the normal size, so is it something to worry?

Doctor: The size of normal kidney after maturity is a length of 12cm, breadth of about 6cm and thickness of about 3cm. 6x6x14 cm means your right kidney is larger than the normal one. You said you are suffer from Polycystic Kidney Disease, so I am sure your right kidney enlarges due to the kidney cyst.

PKD is an illness that gets worse with the increase of enlargement of kidney cyst. In early stage, only several small cysts appear in kidney and this is not serious enough to cause enlargement of kidney. However, with the progression of PKD, more and more appear in kidney. They become larger and large, leading to the increase of kidney size. In severe cases, kidney may occupy the whole enterocoelia. This is the reason why some PKD patients complain they have bloated stomach. Besides, in such a case, if patients touch their abdomen, they may feel the hard masses which are actually kidney cysts.

Since the enlargement of your right kidney is due to enlargement and increase of kidney cyst, so shrinking kidney cyst is the best and the most fundamental way to stop its further enlargement. Surgery helps to deal with big kidney cyst quickly, but it only aims at several cysts at one time. Besides, when big kidney cysts are removed, small kidney cysts enlarge quickly. Apart from surgery, Chinese medicine is also a treatment option to shrink kidney cyst and normalize kidney size. Compared with surgery, Chinese medicine works slowly, but it is safer. What is more, it shrinks all the kidney cysts at the same time. Therefore, if you do not want to do surgery, Chinese medicine can be a choice for you.

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