What Are the Signs When the Kidney Cyst Has Grown

2014-08-22 02:53

Kidney cyst is a common kidney disease, which can be caused by many factors, and it is a common disease for people over 50 years old. For most patients, they may have no symptoms with the cyst. However, in some other cases, the kidney cysts will be grown, and patients will have some symptoms. Then what are the signs when the kidney cyst has grown?

1. Have regular test

When the kidney cyst is small enough, it will cause no symptoms for patients. In this condition, patients can take some regular tests, such as X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan, etc, all these tests can help observe whether the kidney cyst has grown.

2. Signs of enlargement of kidney cyst

When the kidney cyst get into a certain size, which is larger than 3-4 cm, the big kidney cyst will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. And patients will  have some severe symptoms with the enlargement of kidney cyst.

- Back pain, flank pain, abdominal pain.

- High blood pressure. High blood pressure is a common symptoms when the enlargement kidney cyst compress the nearby tissues.

- Urinary Changes. When the kidney cyst is grown, it will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage, which will cause urinary changes for patients, such as frequent urination at night, bubbles in urine, blood in urine, etc.

- Urinary Tract Infection. When the kidney cyst get enlarged, it will easily get ruptured and cause infections, which will cause repeated urinary tract infection (UTI). So kidney cyst patients need to consider the cyst grown if they have UTI.

Above are the signs when the kidney cyst has grown, so patients need to have effective treatment when they have one or more of the sign. And the early treatment can help patients to prevent kidney failure, which can help make a good prognosis for them.

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