Will PKD Patients Need a Transplant

2014-08-31 03:52

PKD is a genetic kidney problem which can not be cured according to current medical technology. Similar with other kinds of kidney problem, PKD also causes kidney failure if no treatment is given. For this reason, many patients become worried and wonder if they will need a transplant finally.

Kidney transplant is regarded as the best treatment for kidney failure by many patients, because by transplanting a healthy kidney into the body, patients can live a normal life again. However, as it is so hard to find a matched kidney and also patients run high risk to have kidney rejection, no one wants their illness develop to the extent need to treated with kidney transplant.

PKD is a kidney disease related with gene. According to clinical studies, ADPKD (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease) is associated with Polycystin-1 or Polycystin-2. Polycystic Kidney Disease is marked by cysts in kidney and it progresses with the increase and enlargement of kidney cyst. As no medicine and treatment has been proven to be able to remove PKD gene from the body, so in many cases, PKD is treated by controlling its symptoms like high blood pressure, and protienuria. This helps to slow down illness progression, but finally illness develops to kidney failure. In such a case, kidney transplant is needed sooner or later.

In PKD, kidney tissues are injured by large kidney cysts. Due to the high oppress, kidney tissues fail to get enough oxygen and nutrient from blood. As a result of this, they fail to function properly. They become necrotic if no treatment is given to shrink kidney cysts. Therefore, shrinking kidney cysts is the way to protect residual kidney tissues and residual kidney function. For PKD patients who can control their illness in early stage by shrinking kidney cyst, kidney transplant can be avoided successfully.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the first choice for PKD patients, as it can treats all the cysts at one time. Although surgery also helps to remove cyst from kidney, it only focuses on one or two cysts at one time, which is not effective enough for PKD patients. With Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, risk to need kidney transplant can be reduced successfully, so if PKD patients have not find an effective treatment to stop illness deterioration, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is highly recommended.

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