What Is Life Expectancy of Patients with PKD

2014-03-06 14:48

How long can patients live with PKD? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder and develops very slowly. As cyst increases and grows, kidney function will decrease largely. If not treated, it can develop into end stage kidney failure, which means kidney function is almost lost completely. Here we will talk about life expectancy of patients with PKD.

What is life expectancy of patients with PKD?

In general, infants which suffer from PKD can’t live for some months after birth. As for adults with PKD, development of PKD is usually very slow. On average, they can live for about 50 years. When symptoms of PKD shows up, patients of PKD have the average life expectancy of 10 years. Nevertheless, PKD prognosis varies from individual to individual. Some patients with PKD can live for a very long time. In a word, how long patients with PKD can live depends on their specific conditions and there are no clear answers.

What patients with PKD can do is to get effective treatment as soon as possible. If kidney function is recovered and kidney damage is repaired, patients with PKD can prolong their life.

Then how to prolong life expectancy of patients with PKD?

Recovering kidney function and repairing kidney damage are the fundamental way to extend life expectancy of patients with PKD. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can have good effects on PKD. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can prevent cyst from growth and enlargement, recovering kidney function and alleviating symtoms of PKD.

If patients with PKD have developed into end stage kidney failure and symtoms are very serious, they should take dialysis or kidney transplant into consideration.

Patients with PKD should have an optimistic attitude towards life, and take active measures to treat PKD. Only in this way, can they prolong life expectancy and live a good life.

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