Renal Cortical Cyst: Symptoms and Treatment

2014-05-03 06:56

What is renal cortical cyst? What are the symptoms when people have renal cortical cyst? And how to treat renal cortical cyst? This are the common questions for renal cortical patients, and only knowing the answers, people with renal cortical cyst can have a good prognosis. In this articles, we will help you have further standing of renal cortical cyst.

What is renal cortical cyst?

Renal cortical cyst means the fluid-filles sacs formed in the outside region of kidneys, and it occurs more common for people who are older enough, and the sacs usually can grow to 10-15 cm or more, which can be found from a ultrasound. If people have effective treatment as early as possible, the kidney cyst can be controlled well, and make a good prognosis for people.

What are the symptoms with renal cortical cyst?

With the development of renal cortical cyst, people will suffer from some severe symptoms, which are as follows:

* Large mass

Large cortical cysts can be felt as a palpable flank mass.

* Frequent urination

The enlargement of renal cyst will oppress the renal tubule function, which can cause frequent urination for renal cortical cyst patients.

* Pain

The enlargement of cysts can also pain in back, abdomen area and sides between ribs and hip.

* Blood urine or dark urine

* Fevers

* High blood pressure

High blood pressure is also cause by the enlargement of renal cysts.

How to treat the renal cortical cyst?

1. Not all the renal cortical cyst can cause severe symptoms, when the renal cyst is smaller than 3 cm, and cause no symptoms, people don’t need to have treatment, and they just need to have regular test with additional monitor.

2. Surgery. Usually, when the renal cyst is larger than 4 cm, doctor will recommend patients to have a surgery to remove the big cyst in order to prevent the cyst rupture. Using needles, the surgery can insert the cyst and removing the cyst fluid and replaces it into alcohol.

3. Herbs. Herbs are more natural way for renal cortical cyst patients, which can help shrinking the renal cyst naturally, and cause no side effects for people.

In additional, renal cortical cyst patients also need to keep a healthy living habits, they need to give up smoking and drinking alcohol, and they also need to keep a well-planed diet. If you want to get more information about renal cortical cyst, you can leave a message below, we will answer you as soon as possible.

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