How does PKD Cause Abdominal Enlargement

2014-04-04 02:04

For people with PKD, most of them will have a enlarged abdomen which confuse them mostly. Then how does PKD cause abdominal enlargement? And how to deal with the abdominal enlargement for PKD patients?

How does PKD cause abdominal enlargement?

Everyone have two kidneys which are located in the upper abdomen, and kidneys have the function of filtering toxins and wastes in blood and remove the excess of fluid in body. PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous cysts formed in kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time. When the kidney cysts are big enough, they will enlarge te abdomen area and cause abdominal enlargement.

Besides, the enlargement of kidney cysts will also oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage, which can lead to kidney failure. When the kidneys are damaged, they will fail to work normally, which can cause excess fluid building up in body, this will also cause abdominal enlargement.

How to deal with the abdominal enlargement for PKD patients?

From above, we can know the abdominal enlargement for PKD patients is caused by swelling and enlargement of kidney cysts. So patients need to treat their abdominal from the two aspects.

1. Ease the swelling

Since swelling can cause the enlargement of abdomen, so patients need to relieve their swelling. They need to keep a kidney-friendly diet, which include limit the salt intake, keep a low protein diet, and limit the fluid intake, all these will help reduce the swelling. Beside, they also need to take some diuretics which can help increase the urine output and remove the fluid from body into urine.

2. Shrink the kidney cysts

In order to prevent the enlargement of abdominal enlargement, PKD patients also need to have effective treatment to shrink their kidney cysts. Here we recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help suppress the excretion of cyst fluid and remove the fluid from kidney cysts. Besides, this therapy can also help repair the damaged kidney tissues and help improve the kidney function, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

Only the two factors can be treated, the enlargement of abdomen will be prevented. If you want to get more detailed information of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, you can leave a message below, we will answer you as soon as possible.

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