PKD and Kidney Cyst Infection

2015-09-26 01:48

As is known to us, PKD is a very troublesome and tough disease, and can not be cured yet now. In addition, kidney cyst infection can happen on patients with PKD, causing kidney infection in the end. This time we will mostly talk about kidney infection in PKD for you.

According to statistics, there is about 30-50% chance of developing kidney infection for patients with PKD. Infection can happen in two ways: one is that infection appears in lower part of urinary tract system, causing bladder infection. The other is in upper part of urinary tract, leading to kidney infection. The later one is not very common in contrast to the former, but it is more dangerous and serious for patients. In addition, for PKD patients, females are more possible to develop kidney infection. Kidney infection should be prevented in daily life. Kidney failure can also be resulted in if kidney infection is not managed well.

Kidney infection always makes patients get back pain and fever, if patients with PKD have these symptoms, they should go to do tests in hospital immediately. Diagnosis of kidney infection for PKD patients is done with the below:

Physical tests

Urinalysis

Urine culture with antibiotic susceptibility testing

Blood tests

Having a healthy diet and lifestyle is very important for patients with PKD to prevent kidney cyst infection. Shrinking kidney cyst is the key. Kidney cyst can grow large, and rupture can happen with outside crashes, in this way, cyst fluids and blood can flow in kidney, causing kidney infection possibly. Chinese medicine is very good for shrinking kidney cyst and improving kidney function, which is a good option for PKD patients. More information or any question, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. Reply will be given for you very soon.

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