Pain Management in Polycystic Kidney Disease

2015-09-05 08:21

Pain appears very commonly for patients with polycystic kidney disease. Here we are going to explain how pain is caused in PKD, and how to help manage pain in PKD well.

The below are causes of pain in PKD:

1. enlargement of kidney cyst compress surrounding tissues or organs. When it is big, it is very easy to rupture, leading to strong pain and bleeding.

2. infection may happen in kidney with cyst fluids, which can cause pain.

3. kidney stones are very ordinary for patients with PKD, when kidney stones pass through urinary tract with urine, pain or bleeding can be resulted in because it is hard for stones to pass.

4. liver cyst can also be led to for patients with PKD.

As is known to us, PKD can not be cured nowadays, and we can not make PKD which is a genetic disease get disappear in patients. What we can do best is to manage kidney cyst well to prevent damage to other organs or tissues and alleviate symptoms like pain in abdomen. If controlled very effectively, patients with PKD can also live a normal life.

Two ways are used to treat PKD widely:

1. surgery

Doctor will remove cyst fluids by surgery to achieve the goal that kidney cyst gets shrunk. But as is known, PKD is gene disorder, thus kidney cyst will reoccur later and get enlarged and grow. In addition, surgery is dangerous to operate for patients with PKD.

2. Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine can shrink cyst by enhancing permeability of cyst walls and inhibiting secretion of cyst fluids. What is more, kidney condition can be improved by promoting blood circulation, dilating blood vessels, preventing inflammation, and repairing damage. In this way, kidney failure can be prevented with Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine therapies are very convenient and easy to operate, such as Hot Compress Therapy, Foot Bath, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which are widely used to treat PKD.

After Chinese medicine treatment with several periods, pain in PKD can be alleviated very effectively, letting patients live a normal life without PKD’s interference. It is worth for them to have a try of Chinese medicine to shrink kidney cyst to treat pain in PKD. More information or any doubt, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. Reply will be given fastest.

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