Will PKD Cause Tiredness and Tummy Pain

2014-04-10 06:49

For PKD patients, they may have no symptoms in their early stage. However, when the enlargement of kidney cysts cause kidney damage, patients will suffer from some obvious symptoms. Then will PKD cause tiredness and tummy pain? In this article, we will help PKD patients solve this problem.

Will PKD cause tiredness?

The answer is yes. The tiredness of PKD patients can be caused by anemia, lack of oxygen in blood. As we know, PKD will cause kidney damage, and the kidney damage may cause anemia for people, which means less of red blood cells. Besides, when the kidneys are damaged severely, it will cause the toxins and wastes build up in blood, which will cause blood polluted. And lack of oxygen in blood will cause tiredness for PKD patients.

Will PKD cause tummy pain?

The answer is also yes. And the tummy pain can be caused by many factors for PKD patients. One of them is infection. Urinary tract infection is a common complication for PKD patients, and this may cause tummy pain. Besides, the cyst rupture can also cause infection, and the fluid may flow into abdominal area and cause peritonitis, which is life-threatening for PKD patients.

Kidney stones can also cause tummy pain. Kidney stone is another common complication for PKD patients, and the flow of kidney stones may cause tummy pain.

From above, we can know that PKD can cause tiredness and tummy pain, and the causes will be different from case to case. So when PKD patients suffer from these symptoms, they need to have immediate test in a hospital, and find the basic cause of their tiredness or tummy pain. Then they need to have certain treatment as early as possible, which can slow down the progression of kidney failure.

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