Will PKD Cause Frequent Urination

2014-10-22 09:29

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is a hereditary illness which is passed down from generation to generation. Severe lower back pain is the major complain of it, but in some cases, patients realize they urinate more than before after the diagnosis. So will PKD cause frequent urination?

PKD is an illness that can cause progressive loss of kidney function, so when it develops to advanced stage, patients will be asked to prepare for dialysis or kidney transplant. With the decline of kidney function, PKD patients to experience various symptoms like high blood pressure, back pain, foamy urine, tiredness, swelling, blood urine, poor appetite and even sleep problems. Frequent urination is also a symptom of PKD in some cases and this discomfort usually appears in the following conditions:

1. Urinary Tract Infection

In reality, PKD is easily accompanied with urinary tract infection due to countless cysts in kidney. A urinary tract infection is an infection that affects part of the urinary tract. For PKD patients with urinary tract infection, they are more likely to experience symptoms like frequent urination, urgent urination but urinate less, burning sensation during urination and even blood urine.

2. Damage on renal tubule

In our kidney, glomerulus plays the role of filtering blood and renal tubule works to reabsorb most of the fluid and nutrients that are leaked from glomeruli. For PKD patients, when their renal tubules fail to function properly, fluid that should be reabsorbed back to the body will be removed out of the body as urine. In such a case, patients urinate more than before.

In different conditions, different measures are needed for PKD patients. Therefore, when frequent urination appears, they need to firstly find out the real cause of it, and then they can know what to do to deal with this problem. (Ask online doctors to help you figure out the real cause of your problem and then get free individual advice)

Lastly, frequent urination is just one of the symptom resulted from PKD, besides from it, patients also experience many other discomforts. To get all these symptoms, including frequent urination, removed, treatment for PKD is needed. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a treatment used to deal with cysts in kidney inPeking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital. With the help of this herbal treatment, not only all the symptoms can be alleviated fundamentally, kidney function can be greatly improved as well.

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