Gross Hematuria and Polycystic Kidney Disease: Causes and Treatment

2014-04-16 01:02

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) can cause a lot of symptoms, among which hematuria is very common. In the following, we discuss the causes and treatment of gross hematuria for PKD patients.

First, let’s have a look at why gross hematuria occurs.

Hematuria means there are red blood cells. According to the amount of red blood cells, hematuria is classified into two kinds. One is microscopic hematuria and the other is gross hematuria. Gross hematuria means blood in urine that can be seen with the naked eye. Under normal circumstances, red blood cells can not be filtered from the blood vessels.

But if the growing cysts damage kidney function, red blood cells leak into the urine. At first, there may be just microscopic hematuria. But with the development of PKD, more red blood cells leak and gross hematuria occurs.

Kidney function impairment is just one of the contributors of gross hematuria. There are also other causes, such as kidney infection, urinary tract infection, kidney stone movement and kidney cysts rupture.

Second, let’s see how to treat gross hematuria for PKD patients.

If gross hematuria occurs, you should have enough rest and drink plenty of water to help the blood discharge from the bladder in case the blood clot blocks urethra. And the treatment of gross hematuria depends on its cause.

Kidney stone—small stones sometimes can be flushed from the urinary tract by drinking lots of fluids. Large stones may require surgery to break up the stone.

Infection—antibiotics may be needed to eliminate infection.

Kidney function impairment—Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy may be a good choice. It does not only shrink kidney cysts, but also repair the damaged kidneys to improve kidney function. And then the symptoms caused by PKD disappear. You can learn more about our therapies under the instruction of our online doctor.

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