Diagnosis and Symptoms for PKD Patients

2015-02-13 03:02

PKD is a hereditary kidney disease, and there are numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. The cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. So PKD is a progressive kidney disease, and patients need to have early diagnosis and pay attention to their symptoms.

How is polycystic kidney disease diagnosed?

Since PKD is an inherited disorder, so the doctor will review the family history of the patients, and they may initially order a completed blood count looking for anemia or infection signs and a urinalysis for blood or protein in urine.

The doctor may also use imaging tests to look for the cysts in kidneys, liver or other organs. And the imaging tests include abdominal ultrasound, abdominal CT scan, abdominal MRI scan, abdominal ultrasound, intravenous pyelogram, etc. All these can help diagnose the PKD.

What are the symptoms with PKD?

Except the medical tests, PKD patients can also have some symptoms with the progression of their disease.

The main symptoms of PKD include pain or tenderness in abdomen, blood in urine, protein in urine, frequent urination, side pain, UTI, kidney stones. And patients can also have the symptoms such as back pain, anemia, fatigue, joint pain, nail abnormalities. In addition, patients can also have some other severe symptoms, such as cysts in livers, pancreas and testicles, miltral valve prolapse, liver disease, cataracts or blindness, etc.

All these symptoms can help PKD patients to get early diagnosis. Once PKD patients were diagnosed with PKD, they need to have early treatment to control their symptoms and stop the progression of PKD, which can make a good prognosis for patients. If you want to get more information of the PKD, or the treatment for PKD patients, you can consult online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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