Obvious Symptoms in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-10-07 06:55

What are the obvious symptoms in polycystic kidney disease (CKD)? PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts in kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time. In early stage of PKD, patients may have no symptoms, but with the progression of PKD, patients will suffer from some severe symptoms.

What are the obvious symptoms in polycystic kidney disease (PKD)?

1. Kidney cysts

PKD patients will have multiple kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts are fluid-filled sacs. The size of the cysts can be different from case to case. And the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time.

2. Back pain

Since the kidney cysts will get enlarged over time, so the cysts will oppress the kidneys and cause back pain for patients. In addition, when the kidney cyst is larger than 4 cm, it will get ruptured easily, which can also cause back pain for patients.

3. Bleeding

More than 90% PKD patients will have the symptom of bleeding or blood in urine, which can be caused by many factors. And the blood in urine can be caused by kidney cyst rupture, kidney stones, infections etc.

4. High blood pressure

High blood pressure is one of the early symptom in PKD, and the unwell controlled blood pressure will cause further damage to kidneys, so patients need to have effective treatment to help control the blood pressure.

5. Kidney function damage

With the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, the cysts will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Without effective treatment, the PKD will finally develop into kidney failure.

Above are the obvious symptoms for PKD patients, and the unwell controlled PKD will cause further damage to kidneys. So patients need to have effective treatment with their symptoms. If you still have any questions, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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