What Are the Risks of Renal Cortical Cyst

2015-05-23 01:38

What are the risks of renal cortical cyst? This should be a common question for renal cortical cyst patients. As we know, renal cortical cyst refers to the fluid-filled sac formed on cortical area of kidneys, which is a common disease for people older than 50 years old, and it can be caused by many factors. When patients get renal cortical cyst, they may suffer from some risks. In the following article, we will get further understanding of this question.

In fact, for most of the renal cortical cyst patients, they may have no symptoms with their cyst. Because the cyst is small enough, so it will cause no damage to kidneys. If patients have no symptoms with their disease, they don’t need to take any treatment, but they need to take regular checkups to observe their illness condition.

However, in some other cases, the cyst will get enlarged, which can oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Then patients will suffer from some risks with the renal cortical cyst.

1. Infections

When patients get the renal cortical cyst, they may be at high risk of getting infections, such as urinary tract infection (UTI), kidney infections, etc. When patients get infections, they may have the symptoms of chill, fever and other infection symptoms.

2. Cyst rupture

In general, if the cyst is larger than 4-5 cm, it will get ruptured easily, which will cause some severe symptoms such as back pain, blood in urine, infections, peritonitis, etc. All these can be dangerous sign for patients.

3. Kidney dysfunction

The enlarged kidney cyst can also oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Then patients may get kidney dysfunction with the development of renal cortical cyst, and patients will have the following symptoms, proteinuria, swelling, blood in urine, high blood pressure, loss of appetite, anemia, etc.

Therefore, renal cortical cyst patients need to take early treatment to help control their symptoms and slow down their progression, which can make a good prognosis for patients. If you still have any questions after reading, or you want to get more treatment suggestions for renal cortical cyst, you can consult online doctor, or you can also leave a message below. We will do our best to help you.

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