What Are the Symptoms in Acquired Renal Cystic Disease (ARCD)

2014-11-18 07:02

What are the symptoms on acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)? In this article, we will get further understanding of this question. If you still have any questions after reading, you can consult the online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

What is ARCD?

ARCD (acquired renal cystic disease) is a common type of kidney cyst, which is often caused by uremic or dialysis. And the ARCD has no relations with age, but has relations with the time that patients have dialysis. In general, if patients have dialysis for more than 3 years, they will be at high risk of getting ARCD. And patients will have more than 4 cysts in each kidney, the cyst can be as large as 2-3 cm. Some of the kidney cysts can get infection or even canceration, so these patients need to have early diagnosis and treatment for their kidney cysts.

What are the symptoms for ARCD patients?

1. Blood in urine

The cysts in kidneys will cause further damage to kidneys, so patients will have blood in urine, especially gross hematuria.

2. Back pain

The kidney cysts can be increased and get enlarged, which will increase the kidney pressure. Then patients will have severe back pain or abdominal pain.

3. High blood pressure

The enlargement of kidney cysts can also worsen the high blood pressure, which is a common symptom in dialysis. And this will increase the progression of kidney failure.

Above are the common symptoms for ARCD patients, which will worsen their illness condition. So uremia or kidney failure patients need to have effective treatment to prevent dialysis, which can help prevent ARCD. If you want to get more specific treatment information for ARCD patients, you can send e-mail to us, or you can also leave a message below, our experts will answer you within 24 hours.

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