How Large can a Kidney Cyst Grow in PKD

2014-05-20 02:26

How large can a kidney cyst grow in PKD? Since PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cyst will get enlarged over time, so more and more PKD patients will wonder how large the kidney cyst can be.

However, the size of kidney cyst will be different from case to case. The smallest cyst I know is less than 5 mm and the largest I have known is more than 18 cm. So the size of the kidney cyst for PKD patients will be different, and I believe, there may be a larger or smaller kidney cyst exist in kidney.

So it is hard to say how large the kidney cyst can be for PKD patients. But PKD patients need to pay attention to the kidney cysts and have early treatment, which can make a good prognosis for them.

In general, when the kidney cyst is not so big, which is less than 3 cm, it will not cause some severe damage to kidneys and patients will have no symptoms. But in this condition, patients need to have regular tests, such as blood test, urine test, CT scan etc, which can help observe the size of kidney cysts and help patients to know exactly about their illness condition.

When the kidney cyst is larger than 3 cm, patients may need to have treatment to remove the big kidney cysts, because the enlargement of kidney cysts will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. So patients need to remove the big kidney cyst through a surgery.

When the kidney cyst is more big than 5 cm, surgery will not be helpful for PKD patients, and it will easily cause ruptured. In this condition, patients need to have some alternative treatment, which can help shrink the big kidney cysts and prevent cyst rupture.

But there is no effective treatment which can help shrink the big kidney cysts and repair the kidney damage, so more and more PKD patients focus on Chinese therapies to reach the purposes.

Chinese therapies use traditional Chinese herbs, which can help remove the fluid in kidney cysts into blood and excreted by urine, which can help shrink the kidney cysts naturally.

In addition, Chinese therapies can also help prevent the continue increase of kidney cysts and repair the kidney damage and improve kidney function. All these will be helpful for PKD patients, and help make a good prognosis for them.

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