Why is Hematuria Common With Polycystic Kidney Disease

2014-06-24 03:38

Why is hematuria common with polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? This is a common question for PKD patients.hematuria means the blood in urine, which is a common sign for PKD patients. And the hematuria can be caused by many factors.

What can cause hematuria in PKD?

1. Kidney cyst rupture

As we know, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. And the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time. When the kidney cysts are larger than 4 cm, they will be in high risk of cyst rupture. When the kidney cyst is ruptured, it will cause blood in urine. In general, the blood in urine will be lasted for 5-7 days, and it will disappear naturally. If the hematuria lasts for a long time, then patients may need to have treatment as early a possible.

2. Kidney damage

The increase and enlargement of kidney cysts will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. When the kidneys fail to work well, it can also cause the loss of red blood cells in urine.

How to treat the hematuria in PKD?

From above, we can know that the hematuria for PKD patients is mainly caused by cyst rupture and kidney damage, so patients need to have treatment to shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function, which can help prevent the hematuria fundamentally.

Here we recommend patients to have Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help reach the two purposes. This therapy uses traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and the effective substances in herbs can help shrink the kidney cysts and improve the kidney function. Through external treatment, the effective substances in herbs can work on kidneys directly. And this can help prevent the hematuria from root.

If you have more questions about the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmothrapy, you can leave a message or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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