Can PKD Cause Joint Pain

2014-03-07 09:11

PKD means there are fluid-filled cysts on the kidneys. With the enlargement of the kidney cysts, they can cause a series of symptoms, such as high blood pressure, back pain, enlarged kidneys, etc. Can PKD cause joint pain?As a matter as fact, there are several factors for PKD patients to have joint pain.

Uric acid

The main reason may be the uric acid. Under normal circumstance, they can be filtered from the body, but kidney cysts affect the kidney function, so uric acid builds up in the body. High levels of uric acid is prone to become crystal. Joint pain occurs when uric acid deposits in the joints.

In this case, you may need to restrict the intake of meat like beef and mutton, because they produce much uric acid. You can also take some medicines to lower uric acid level, for example, probenecid can help your kidneys eliminate uric acid and allopurinol can block the production of uric acid.

Calcium deficiency

Calcium deficiency may be also related with joint pain. For PKD patients, calcium deficiency is common. Vitamin D deficiency, too much phosphorus and diet restriction all contribute to calcium deficiency.

In this case, you may supplement moderate calcium or vitamin D. If it is caused by high phosphorus, you may need to lower phosphorus level.

Amyloid

If you are on dialysis, amyloid may lead to joint pain as well. Because it can not be filtered by dialysis. If they deposit in joints, joint pain occurs.

In this case, there are no treatments can solve this problem. But you can choose other kidney replacement treatments, such as Polluted Blood Therapy.

Side effects of medications

The medications you take may also cause joint pain, such as corticosteroids.

In this case, you may talk with your doctor to change them into another one.

Joint pain is just one of the symptoms cased by PKD. To just alleviate joint pain is not what we want. We should try to shrink kidney cysts and improve kidney function. Only in this way can we live a normal life. For more information, please contact online doctors.

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