Causes and Symptoms of Low Hemoglobin for PKD

2014-03-15 01:59

Do you know the causes and symptoms of low hemoglobin for PKD patients? This is a question that can be concerned by PKD patients who have low hemoglobin. Hemoglobin can be regarded as the iron-protein in red blood cells, and main function of hemoglobin is bring oxygen to all the part of the body and make the red blood cells work normally.

However, for PKD patients, they often suffer form low hemoglobin, which can cause anemia for them. First, we will know the normal hemoglobin level for people:

- Newborn: 17-22 gm/dl

- Child: 11-13 gm/dl

- Male of adult: 14-18 gm/dl

- Female of adult: 12-16 gm/dl

Since low hemoglobin is a common symptom for PKD patients, so they need to have regular blood test and get wether they suffer from low hemoglobin and have effective treatment as early as possible. Because long time anemia is also harmful for PKD patients.

What can cause low hemoglobin for PKD patients?

As we know, PKD can cause kidney damage to kidneys and make a low kidney function with the enlargement of kidney cysts. When the kidney function fail to work well, they will reduce less EPO (erythropoietin), and the hemoglobin level will be reduced. Besides, the kidney damage will also cause blood urine, which means the loss of red blood cells in urine, and thus will cause low hemoglobin as well. Then PKD patients can experience anemia easily.

What are the symptoms when PKD patients have low hemoglobin?

- Fatigue

- Weakness

- Dizziness and top-heavy

- Shortness of breath and chest pain

- Palpitation

- Alopecia

- Skin pale, nail pale and tongue pale

From above, we can know the causes and symptoms when PKD patients suffer from low hemoglobin. Therefore, when they have one or more of the symptoms mentioned above, they need to have prompt and effective treatment to improve their hemoglobin, which will be helpful for their illness condition. Besides, they also need to have effective treatment on their kidney damage, which can help increase hemoglobin level fundamentally and reduce the possible complications.

Leave your problems here and you will get nephrologists' advice with free of charge!