Will PKD Affect People’ Mental Health

2015-01-08 03:10

With polycystic kidney disease (PKD), it affects many organ systems. It also affects patients’ mental health. Well, what is mental disorder?

1. What is mental health?

Mental health refers to our cognitive, and/or emotional wellbeing. It is all about how we think, feel and behave. If PKD patients experience mental health problems, this can affect their daily life, relationships and even their physical health.

2. What will happen with mental health?

Tension or panic disorder

This symptom can be seen in the early stage of PKD. When patients are told they suffer from PKD, which is a hereditary disease, they will feel very panic.

Anxiety

This symptom often occurs on people at middle age, because there are many things they need to think about.

Pessimism

Patients at end stage of PKD usually experience pessimism. They usually lost the hope to live in the world and lose faith in treatment.

Impatience

Patients have accepted for a very long time but still experience recurrent condition. Under such a condition, patients will become very impatient and have a bad mood.

3. How to alleviate mental problems in PKD patients?

To alleviate mental problems, we need to treat PKD from the root and avoid relapse of the medical conditions. In Shi Jiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, the unique treatment combined with Chinese medicines and western medicine can shrink kidney cyst, stop its growth and alleviate patients’ sufferings. Patients can feel better with the treatment of combing western medicine and Chinese medicines.

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