What are the symptoms for Kidney Failure Caused by PKD

2014-03-13 08:55

What are the symptoms for kidney failure patients which is caused by PKD? Since the kidney cysts will be increased and enlarged with time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney failure. When PKD cause kidney failure, people will suffer form some serious symptoms.

- Proteinuria

Proteinuria is the most early symptom for kidney failure patients, which is because the damaged glomeruli will cause the leakage out of protein in body, thus will cause fatigue, tiredness and mal-nutrition for kidney failure patients.

- Blood urine

Blood urine can be caused by kidney cysts rupture, kidney stones, urinary tract infection, and kidney failure can also cause blood urine, which is about the red blood cells leakage out from damaged glomeruli. So when PKD patients have blood urine, they need to find the basic cause and have proper treatment.

- High blood pressure

High blood pressure is a common symptom for people with kidney failure, and it can cause further damage to kidneys. About 70%-80% PKD patients will suffer from high blood pressure, so patients need to take effective treatment to control their high blood pressure and prevent the further damage to kidneys.

- Swelling

Kidney failure patients will also have the symptom of swelling, because the damaged kidneys will fail to work well, and the excess water will build up in blood, and this will cause swelling for kidney failure patients.

Above are for common symptoms for kidney failure which is caused by PKD, and they will also have some other symptoms such as severe back pain, big belly, loss of appetite, vomiting, difficult breathing, etc. When people suffer from these serious symptoms, they need to have prompt and effective treatments to control their symptoms and help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

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