Is High Blood Pressure Sign a PKD

2014-10-25 16:04

Recently, a lady come to our website and ask if high blood pressure is a sign of PKD. Both her brother and father has Polycystic Kidney Disease, and her blood pressure becomes very high these days so she wonders if her high blood pressure is a sign of a PKD.

PKD elevates blood pressure

High blood pressure refers to high impact of blood on vascular wall. Temporary high blood pressure is not deadly, but if this condition lasts for a very long time, internal organs will be damaged.

For PKD patients, they are very likely to experience high blood pressure. PKD is a genetic kidney disorder that can cause lots of cysts in kidney. Kidney cysts damage kidney tissues, which can lead to impairment of kidney function. Kidney helps to regulate blood pressure, so when kidney function is impaired, blood pressure becomes higher.

Bad effects of high blood pressure on PKD

For PKD patients whose blood pressure is elevated, tight control of high blood pressure is very helpful. It not only helps to protect residual kidney tissues, but also slows down illness progression.

High blood pressure caused by PKD is commonly treated with hypotensive drugs like ACEI (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors), ARBs(Angiotensin Receptor Blockers), Beat-blockers and direct renin inhibitors. Of course, different kinds of hypotensive drugs are needed in different cases due to the diffence of physical condition and kidney condition.

Besides, high blood pressure is just a sign of PKD. Although tight control of high blood pressure is good for kidney, but illness progression can not be stopped, whicn means kidney failure can not be prevented just by controlling blood pressure in normal range.

In our hospital, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is used to help PKD patients prevent kidney failure. As it treats PKD by shrinking kidney cysts and improving kidney function, so with the help of this herbal treatment, all the signs like high blood pressure can be alleviated fundamentally.

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