What Are the Symptoms of Kidney Cyst

2014-09-04 07:36

Kidney cyst is a very common kidney disease that is usually not life-threatening. Although it is not deadly, but it may causes a series of discomforts. Well, what are the symptoms of kidney cyst?

1. No symptoms are caused in some cases

In some cases, kidney cyst is very small in size and also it grow in a very unimportant role. In such a case, patients may experience no symptoms at all. That is the reason why some people do not know they have kidney cyst at all until occasional medical test.

2. Pain feeling in lower back

There are nerves in renal capsule. When cyst grows in the outer part of kidney, it will pull renal capsule, which may cause pain feeling in lower back. Besides, in some other causes, kidney cyst is very large and when it ruptures, sharp pain also appears.

3. Blood in urine

Blood urine is another possible symptom of kidney cyst and it usually occurs when kidney cyst bursts. Under such a condition, blood urine is also accompanied with sharp pain in kidney location.

4. Discomforts regarding urination

When kidney cyst bursts, kidney infection and urinary tract infection might be caused. In that cases, patients may experience a series of discomforts regarding urination like burning sensation during urination, strong urge to urinate, frequent urination with less urine output.

The above are the possible symptoms that kidney cyst patients may experience. Kidney cyst is not deadly and can be left untreated if the cyst is very small (smaller than 3cm). But for large kidney cyst, it needs to be removed directly with surgery or shrunk with Chinese medicine.

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