How to Deal with Leg Swelling for Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease

2014-05-10 01:23

Compared with back pain, enlarged abdomen, urinary tract infection and blood urine, leg swelling is not so common for patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). How to deal with leg swelling?

How leg swelling occurs for patients with polycystic kidney disease

Kidney has the function of filtering excess fluid and retaining the useful substances. These kidney cysts can oppress the tissues around and damage the renal innate cells, resulting in impaired kidney function. When your kidneys fail to work, fluid retains in the body. Besides, protein leakage can decrease the plasma colloid osmotic pressure so that fluid comes into the tissue space, causing edema. Due to gravity and blood circulation, fluid flow to the lower limbs, leading to leg swelling.

How to deal with leg swelling for PKD patients?

According to the different causes of leg edema, different measures may be taken. If it is caused by fluid and sodium retention, you should limit the intake of fluid and sodium. Table salt and processed food are good source of sodium. If it is caused by protein leakage, you should reduce proteinuria by taking steroid or ACE inhibitors or ARBs. Diuretics are also often used to increase the urine output so as to alleviate leg swelling.

Because leg swelling is related with these kidney cysts, shrinking kidney cysts and improving kidney function are also good for easing leg swelling. In our hospital, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a breakthrough in treating PKD. It can increase the permeability and microcirculation of cyst wall and capillary so that cystic fluid can be reabsorbed and removed with blood circulation. Besides, the active ingredients of the Chinese herbal medicine can restrain the proliferation of cyst lining cells so as to prevent cyst forming. What is more, this treatment can help repair the damaged kidneys and improve kidney function.

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