Do I Need to Worry With Cysts On Kidneys

2015-01-26 06:11

Do I need to worry with cysts on kidneys? Kidney cyst is a kind of kidney disease, which can be caused by many factors, and it is also a common disease for people older than 50 years old. When patients suffer from kidney cyst, they can have only on cyst in a kidney, or they can have several cysts. But in some severe cases, patients can also have multiple cysts on each kidneys.

Then do patients need to worry with cysts on kidneys? In the following article, we will get the answer.

In some cases, patients can only have on cyst in kidney, and patients have no symptoms with it. Patients usually find the cyst during a CT scan for some other reasons, and the cyst will not get enlarged. For these cases, patients don’t need to take any treatment for the cyst, they just need to have regular tests to help observe their illness condition.

In some severe cases, patients will have several cysts or multiple cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Then patients will have some severe symptoms with the kidney damage, such as bubbles in urine, blood in urine, high blood pressure, swelling, anemia, etc. For these cases, patients need to have effective treatment to help shrink the kidney cysts and protect the kidney function. Once the kidney cyst is larger than 5 cm, it will get ruptured easily, which will cause further damage to kidneys.

Therefore, whether kidney cyst patients need to worry about their disease is all depending on their own illness condition. If you want to get more details of the kidney cyst and the treatment to shrink kidney cysts, you can consult our online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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