What Systems Will PKD Affect in Body

2014-12-07 07:03

What systems will PKD affect in body? This should be a common question for all the PKD patients. As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will make damages to kidneys and other organs. The unwell treated PKD will affect the whole body systems.

What symptoms will PKD affect in body?

1. Kidneys

The first affected system is kidneys. With the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, the cysts will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. If patients don’t have effective treatment, their PKD will finally develop into kidney failure, and patients will have some severe symptoms, such as back pain, high blood pressure, swelling, urination changes, etc.

2. Nervous systems

Since the big kidney cysts will stretch nearby kidney tissues, patients will have severe pain, such as back pain, sides pain or abdominal pain. In some severe cases, patients can also have the symptoms such as memory loss, sleepiness, dizziness, anxiety, etc. In addition, brain aneurysm is also a common complication in PKD, which can also affect the nervous system.

3. Digestive system

When kidneys are damaged severely by enlargement of kidney cysts, there will be too much toxins and wastes building up in blood, which will affect the digestive system, and it will cause the symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, bad tastes in mouth, loss of appetite, etc.

4. Cardiovascular system

PKD can also affect the cardiovascular system, which will cause the symptoms such as abnormal heart rate, high blood pressure, pericarditis, etc. And the cardiovascular diseases will be bad for PKD patients, which can be life-threatening.

Above are the systems that can be affected by PKD, so PKD patients need to have early and effective treatment to help improve their condition, which will be helpful for their illness condition. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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