Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Facts

2015-10-06 08:00

1. PKD is a disease which can be inherited by children and cysts can grow and enlarge to impair the surrounding tissues and organs. Kidney failure is very common to happen on patients with PKD.

2. PKD is divided into ADPKD and ARPKD, ADPKD is more common for people, while ARPKD is very rare.

3. general symptom of PKD is pain in back, abdomen, and it can be temporary or persistent.

4 . PKD is diagnosed through CT or MRI.

5. PKD can not be cured yet now. What we can do is prevent enlargement of cyst and kidney failure to prolong life expectancy of patients.

6. ARPKD is always resulting in kidney failure for patients before they grow up. And symptoms occur children, such as high blood pressure, urinary tract infection, urination change, blood in urine.

7. ARPKD is always diagnosed by ultrasound after child is just born.

8. dialysis or kidney transplant is the final way to treat ARPKD.

9. Chinese medicine is a good option to shrink kidney cyst by inhibiting inner cells secreting cyst fluids and enhancing permeability of cyst walls to make fluids get out easily.

10. patients with PKD should have a low protein, low phosphorus, low potassium, low salt diet in daily life. In this way, kidney can be protected to prevent kidney failure.

Genetic disease can not be solved with nowadays medical technology, thus taking care of disease and slowing down progression are the key and the best way to treat disease. If you have any question about PKD or other kidney disease, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given very fast for you.

Leave your problems here and you will get nephrologists' advice with free of charge!