How Fast Do Kidney Cysts Grow

2015-01-07 10:15

Kidney cysts refers to fluid-filled formed in kidneys with different sizes. When patients suffer from kidney cysts, the cysts can grow over time with different speed. So patients will wonder how fast with the kidney cysts grow. In this article, we will talk about the growth of kidney cysts. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask online doctor, or you can also leave a message below.

In fact, there are different kinds of kidney cysts, and the growth of cysts will also be different. The common kinds of kidney cysts include ADPKD, Simple Kidney Cyst, Acquired Kidney Cysts, ARPKD. Here are the introduction about the growth of kidney cysts in different cases.

1. ADPKD

ADPKD is a genetic kidney disease. For these patients, they were born with cysts, but the cysts is small enough, so patients will not pay attention. In their 30-40 years old, the cysts will be increased and get enlarged quickly. When patients are older than 40 years old, it will get enlarged further, which will cause some severe symptoms, and patients will finally develop into end stage kidney failure without effective treatment.

2. Simple kidney cysts

Simple kidney cyst is the most common kidney disease for people older than 50 years old, about 50% people older than 50 years old can find they have cysts during a CT scan. The cyst can be one or several formed on kidneys, and it can also be unilateral or bilateral. In most cases, the cysts will not get enlarged, and patients can live a normal life with the cysts. However, in some other cases, the cysts can get enlarged, which will cause kidney damage, so patients need to have treatment.

3. Acquired kidney cysts

This kind of kidney cyst is common for patients who are on dialysis or uremic. When patients have more than one cyst in each kidney, we call it acquired kidney cysts. And the cysts will worsen their illness condition, which can also be cancerous.

4. ARPKD

Similar with ADPKD, this is also a genetic kidney disease, and it can occur for infant. Patients can get the genetic gene when they are in mummy’s tummy. For these patients, they have very bad prognosis.

Above are the 4 common kinds of kidney cysts and their growth speed. In addition, there are also some factors will affect the growth of cysts, such as diet, medicines intake, living habits, etc. So when patients suffer from kidney cysts, they need to pay attention to it and have early treatment, which can help make a good prognosis for them.

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