What Are the Symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) with Kidney Damage

2014-07-12 08:35

What are the symptoms of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) with kidney damage? PKD is an inherent kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and patients with PKD will finally develop into kidney failure.

For PKD patients, they will have some severe symptoms with the development of the illness condition.

1. Anemia

For PKD patients, they will have anemia, which can be caused by the kidney damage. As we know, kidneys have the function of producing EPO, which can help make red blood cells. When the kidneys are damaged, the kidneys will fail to work well, which will cause anemia.

2. Back pain

With the gradually increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, the kidneys will be enlarged as well, which will cause severe back pain for PKD patients.

3. High blood pressure

About 50% of the PKD patients will have high blood pressure, which can be caused by the kidney damage and fluid retention in blood.

4. Urination abnormal

Urination change is the most early symptoms for PKD patients when they get kidney damage, and the common symptoms include protein in urine, blood in urine or frequent urination at night. Therefore, when PKD patients find they have changes in urination, they need to have early test and have effective treatment.

Above are the common symptoms when PKD patients have kidney damage. If they have these symptoms, they need to have early treatment to control the symptoms and repair their kidney damage, which can help make a good prognosis for them.

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