Why Is Hematuria Common with PKD

2014-06-30 02:27

Why is hematuria common with Polycystic Kidney Disease? Hematuria is a clinical manifestation and also commonly called blood urine. It is diagnosed when there is excess red blood cells in urine and usually, the more red blood cells in urine, the severer the hematuria is. Hematuria can be caused by different conditions and it is especially common in PKD cases. Why is this?

What is PKD?

PKD, the abbreviation of Polycystic Kidney Disease, is a genetic kidney problem which progresses with the increase of kidney cyst and size of kidney cyst. Similar with other kinds of kidney problem, PKD also cause impairment of kidney function and this is in proportion to the number and size of kidney cyst.

In cases of PKD, with the increase and enlargement of kidney cyst, patients usually experience a series of symptoms like severe lower back pain, hematuria (blood urine), enlargement of abdomen and so on. All these physical discomforts are closely related with cysts in kidney.

Why is hematuria common with PKD?

Hematuria is one of the most common symptoms of PKD and usually patients suffer from this problem due to the following several causes：

1. Burst of kidney cyst

Large kidney cysts burst easily and they may rupture due to mild knock on kidney condition. Hematuria caused by kidney cyst rupture usually disappears within one week and appearance of it is always accompanied with several pain feeling in kidney location.

2. Kidney stone

Kidney stone is another possible cause for PKD patients to experience hematuria. Kidney stone is the leading one complication of PKD. For small kidney stone, it can be passed easily, but for big stones, they may scratch kidney tissues or urinary tract, leading to blood urine.

3. Dysfunction of glomerular filtration membrane.

Glomerular filtration membrane is in charge of filtering blood and separate blood and wastes while blood flowing through it. However, when this membrane is damaged, red blood cells will be leaked into urine, which can cause hematuria. This condition usually appears in severe cases of PKD.

There are several causes for PKD patients to experience hematuria, so to get this problem removed, finding out the real cause is very important. Here you can consult our doctor online to figure out the real cause and then take effective measures.

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