What are the Symptoms When PKD Causes Kidney Dysfunction

2014-06-27 05:59

What are the symptoms when PKD causes kidney dysfunction? This is a common question for all the PKD patients. As we know, PKD is a kind of kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts in kidneys will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney dysfunction.

When PKD patients suffer from kidney dysfunction, they will have many symptoms all over the body. In this article, we will learn about the symptoms when PKD causes kidney dysfunction.

1. Gastro-intestinal symptoms

This is the most common and earliest symptoms when PKD patients suffer from kidney dysfunction, and the common symptoms include poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bad breath in mouth, etc.

2. Blood system symptoms

- Anemia: pale face, flustered weak, dizziness

- Bleeding: gum bleeding, nose bleeding, cutaneous purpura

- White blood cells abnormal: poor immunity, frequent cold, infections

3. Cardiovascular system symptoms

- High blood pressure

- Cardiac insufficiency: swelling, heart rate increased, difficult breath, asthma

- Symptoms of uremic pericarditis

- Atherosclerosis:coronary heart disease

4. Nerve system symptoms:

Fatigue, insomnia, decline of memory, difficult attention, mental disorder, illusion, coma, convulsions, limb numbness, etc.

Above are the bad symptoms that can be caused in PKD patients when they are in kidney dysfunction, which will make bad prognosis for them. Since PKD is a genetic kidney disease, so people need to have early diagnosis if there is someone who has PKD in the family. The earlier people diagnose their PKD, the earlier treatment they can have, then they will prevent the kidney dysfunction. All these can help make a good prognosis for all the PKD patients.

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