Some Facts of PKD That You Should Know

2015-03-29 08:13

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common and dangerous genetic diseases, which is popular among people all over the world. Since it is a genetic kidney disease, so there may have many PKD patients in a big family, which is really terrible. But you don’t need to worry when you get PKD or you have family members with PKD. In this article, we will introduce the facts with PKD, and we hope this will be helpful for PKD patients.

Some facts of PKD that you should know.

1. There are multiple fluid-filled sacs formed on kidneys, and the cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and finally lead to kidney failure.

2. PKD is the fourth leading causes of kidney failure, and about 50% of the PKD patients will develop into kidney failure in their 50s.

3. PKD is a painful disease, because the cysts will get enlarged, and the kidneys can also get enlarged, then patients will have a big and heavy belly.

4. PKD can be passed from generation to generation, and parents have a 50 % of passing their disease to each of their children.

5. About 10% patients were diagnosed with PKD have no family history of the disease. Once they have it, there is a 50% of passing it on to each of their children.

6. PKD can affect people of all races, genders, nationalities, geographic locations and income levels.

Above are some of the facts for PKD patients. Then we can know, PKD is really a terrible disease for people. However, if patients get early treatment to control well of their disease, they will have great chance to live a normal life.

InPeking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital, we use Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which has the function of shrinking kidney cysts and preventing the growth of cysts. In addition, it can also help repair damaged kidney tissues and improve their kidney function. Then it can help control the PKD and prevent kidney failure, which will make a good prognosis for them.

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