What Are Signs if Polycystic Kidney Disease Gets Worse

2015-01-02 01:53

What are signs if polycystic kidney disease gets worse? Polycystic kidney disease, or PKD, is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Since PKD is a progressive kidney disease, so PKD will become worse and worse without effective treatment.

Here are the signs if polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is getting worse.

1. Severe back pain

As we know, the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged, so the enlargement of kidney cysts will stretch renal capsular, which will cause severe back pain for PKD patients. And the enlargement of kidney cysts will get ruptured easily, this can also cause severe pain.

2. Infections

When the kidney cyst is larger than 5 cm, it will get ruptured easily, which will easily cause infections in kidneys. If the fluid flow into abdomen area, it can cause peritonitis, which can be life-threatening for patients.

3. High blood pressure

High blood pressure is a common sign for PKD patients when their kidneys are damaged by the enlargement of kidney cysts. And the unwell controlled high blood pressure will cause further kidney damage.

4. Low kidney function

With the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, patients will suffer from low kidney function. Then patients will have the symptoms such as protein in urine, blood in urine, swelling, anemia, etc.

Above are the signs if polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is getting worse, so patients need to have early treatment to help avoid these signs or symptoms, which can help slow down their progression and make a good prognosis for patients. If you want to get more details of the treatment, you can ask online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. We will do our best to help you.

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