Can Cyst On Kidney Cause Pain

2015-06-23 02:24

Can cyst on kidney cause pain? As we know, kidney cyst is a common type of kidney disease for people older than 50 years old, and the kidney cyst refers to fluid filled sac formed on kidney, which can be caused by many factors. In the following article, we will talk about whether kidney cyst can cause pain for patients. If you still have any questions after reading, you can leave a message below, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, our on duty doctor will contact you soon.

For most cases, people found their kidney cyst through a regular checkups, and they even don’t know they have kidney cyst if they don’t do the CT scan. In these cases, the cyst is small enough for people, and they will have no symptoms wit the cysts, so patients will not get pain feelings. For these patients, they just need to take regular checkups to observe their illness condition to prevent the enlargement of the cysts. For these patients, they may get no symptoms until the end of their life with no growth of the kidney cyst.

However, in some other cases, the cyst may be increased and get enlarged over time. If the kidney cyst is larger than 3 cm, it can oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Then patients will get the symptoms such as proteinuria, hematuria, swelling, high blood pressure, back pain, etc. In addition, if the cyst is larger than 5 cm, it will get ruptured easily, which will cause infections in kidneys and lead to severe pain for patients.

Therefore, when people get kidney cyst, they need to pay attention to their disease and take early treatment to shrink the kidney cysts, then it can help prevent the pain to patients and it can also make a good prognosis for them.

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