What Problems Can Raise If PKD Is Left Untreated

2014-12-10 02:17

What problems can raise if PKD is left untreated? PKD is incurable, so in many countries, patients are just prescribed with some oral medicines to control its symptoms like high blood pressure, proteinuria and back. Since there is no cure for PKD, many patients choose to take no treatment and prepare for dialysis and kidney transplant. Well, what problem can raise if PKD is left untreated?

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is not deadly at all when it is in early stage. At that time, only several cysts are formed in kidney and as the cysts are usually in small size, no serious kidney damages are caused in that cases. Therefore, there is no serious problems in early stage of PKD.

But if PKD is left uncontrolled, more and more cysts will be formed. They are fluid-filled and when fluid increases, kidney cysts become larger than before. Enlarged kidney cysts add extra stress on surrounding kidney tissues and make them unable to function properly. As a result of this, kidney function decreases.

Kidney is an very important organ which helps to maintain electrolyte balance, regulate blood pressure, produce urine, etc. Therefore, when kidneys can not work well, lots of problems will appear. For PKD patients, if their illness is left untreated, the following problems will raise:

1. Electrolyte disturbance

The most common electrolyte disturbance that PKD patients may experience includes hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia and hypernatronemia.

2. Kidney enlargement

In advanced PKD, kidneys are covered with big and small cysts, which can cause kidney growth and thus lead to abdominal enlargement. Under such a condition, if patients touch their abdomen, they can feel hard messes there.

3. Less urine output

Kidneys filter blood and during this process, wastes and excess fluid are removed out of the body as urine. When kidneys can not work properly, wastes and fluid can not be excreted timely, which presents as less urine output. In severe cases, PKD patients even do not pass urine at all.

4. High blood pressure

High blood pressure is the most common problem that PKD patients experience and it is usually controlled with hypotensive drugs like ACR inhibitors and ARBs.

5. Severe back pain

Pain problem is usually the first complain of PKD. Pain feeling can be appear in different body parts like kidney location and groin. In PKD, many conditions can cause pain feeling like enlargement of kidney cysts, rupture of kidney cyst and kidney stone. Different management method is needed in different cases.

PKD is not deadly in early stage, but it is very life-threatening when it develops to kidney failure. So far there is no cure for PKD, but with proper treatment like Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, illness progression can be stopped and also kidney failure and other potential problems can be avoided successfully. Therefore, please take actions to take right treatment as soon as possible if you are living with PKD now.

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