Are Simple Kidney Cyst Associated With Hypertension

2014-11-08 09:09

Do simple kidney cyst cause high blood pressure? Even though the cyst may not be cancerous, they can cause problems such as kidney failure and hypertension. So high blood pressure or hypertension can be a symptom of renal cyst.

How does renal cyst cause high blood pressure?

Hypertension or high blood pressure is the most common sign of the presence of kidney cyst. Generally speaking, simple kidney cyst will not do damages on kidney function. However, if there are many big size kidney cysts, impaired kidney function will happen. The enlarged kidney cyst will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues, which can make kidneys ischemia and anoxic. In this case, kidney function will be damaged and decline. We know kidneys are important organs in our body. One of the functions is to regulate blood pressure. When kidneys work improperly, high blood pressure is more likely to happen. Besides, high blood pressure can in turn damage kidneys and worsen kidney cyst. So it is essential to keep high blood pressure under control.

How to manage high blood pressure?

Hypertension in kidney cyst is usually treated by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).

These two group of medications only control the symptoms but cannot treat it from the root. The radical treatment is to shrink kidney cysts and improve renal function by Chinese herbal medicines. Our hospital innovated an advanced and new therapy on the basis of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) but it is also different from TCM. It is an external application. With the assistance of osmosis device, the effective herbal medicine can dilate blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, promoting blood vessels, inhibiting secretion of cystic liquid, increasing the permeability of capsule wall, controlling the growth of kidney cysts, repair renal lesions, and improving renal function from the root. Also the symptom of high blood pressure will disappear naturally.

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