Why PKD Patients Feel Pressure in Abdomen

2014-07-16 06:56

Some PKD patients will complain that they feel pressure in their abdomens, which make them uncomfortable. In general, the pressure can occur in different areas, such as lower or upper abdomen, in back or in sides. All these will make PKD patients have a bad mood. Then why PKD patients feel pressure in abdomen? In this article, we will have further understanding of this question. If you have any problem after reading, you can ask the online doctor, who is a real person not a robot.

Why PKD patients feel pressure in abdomen?

As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be gradually increased and get enlarged over time. In the early stage of PKD, the kidney cysts are small, which will cause no symptoms for patients. However, with the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, the kidneys will also get enlarged, which will oppress the surrounding organs. And the enlargement of kidneys will make a big belly for patients, then they will feel pressure in abdomen.

How to reduce the pressure in abdomen with PKD?

From above, we can know that the pressure in abdomen in PKD is mainly caused by the enlargement of kidney cysts, so PKD patients need to have treatment to shrink the kidney cysts.

In general, there are two methods to help shrink the kidney cysts, one is surgery and another is Chinese herbal treatment.

1. Surgery

Surgery is the most common treatment for PKD patients when they have enlargement of kidney cysts. However, in one surgery, the doctor can only remove less than 3 kidney cysts from kidneys. And the removed kidney cysts will give more space to other kidney cysts to get enlarged. So it cant help remove the kidney cysts from root.

2. Chinese herbal treatment

The featured Chinese herbal treatment is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help shrink the kidney cysts, and it can also help repair the kidney damage. Through the systemic treatment, it can help stop the grow of the kidney cysts, which can help prevent the progression of PKD. If you want to get more information about the treatment for PKD, you can read the following article, New Inventions of treatments for PKD.

Once the kidney cysts are controlled to stop increase, it will help reduce the pressure in abdomen.

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