Will PKD Cause Indigestion

2014-07-22 01:46

Is it common for PKD patients to experience ingestion? PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is a genetic kidney disorder in which many cysts form in the kidneys. It is a problem related with gene, so it pass down through family. With Polycystic Kidney Disease, we may suffer from lots of terrible symptoms like severe back pain, abdominal enlargement, tiredness and even ingestion. Ingestion is a problem regarding digestive system. Well, how is it related with PKD?

With PKD, we may find there are more and more cysts in kidney. And what is worse, cysts in kidney become larger and larger. With the increase and enlargement of kidney cyst, kidney function keeps decline and when it decreases to a certain level, various symptoms appear. Indigestion is one of the symptoms of PKD and it usually results from:

1. Enlargement of kidney

In advanced stage of PKD, kidney is full of cysts and at that time, with the enlargement of cyst, kidney becomes larger and larger. Kidney location is on either side of the spine at the edge of our rids. When kidney becomes very large, it will suppress intestines and stomach, leading to indigestion. Abdominal enlargement is a common clinical manifestation when kidney size becomes very large.

2. High levels of toxins in blood

In PKD, kidney cyst becomes large and large. At that time, kidney tissues will be affected due to these large kidney cyst and they may lose their working ability to help us maintain the normal life. Kidney is a multifunctional organ and one of the major jobs of kidney is to filter blood. During this process, most of the wastes in the blood will be excreted. When kidney function is impaired due to cysts in kidney, toxins like creatinine and urea nitrogen will build up in the blood. These toxins may damage any part of our organ and ingestion appears when digestive system is affected.

Indigestion is just one of the gastrointestinal discomforts of Polycystic Kidney Disease, and apart from it, patients also run high risk for other symptoms like nausea and vomiting. Also, with the deterioration of illness, these symptoms become more and more serious. Therefore, if we want to get these discomforts alleviated or removed fundamentally, treatment should start from treating PKD.

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