Why Should Large Kidney in PKD Be Removed

2014-11-12 02:01

In some cases, PKD patients are suggested to get their kidneys removed with surgery. Why is this? If patients refuse to remove their kidney, what will happen?

PKD, the abbreviation of Polycystic Kidney Disease, is an illness that can cause lots of cysts in kidney. It is the most common genetic kidney disorder in medicine and if left alone, kidney failure will be caused and dialysis or kidney transplant will be required someday.

In PKD, kidney function is impaired due to cysts in kidney. These cysts enlarge over time and when they become very big, they will oppress surrounding kidney tissues and make them unable to work properly. As a result of this, kidney function declines. Under such a condition, patients will experience various discomforts like nausea, vomiting, skin itching, back pain, swelling, tiredness, etc.

Besides, with the increase and enlargement of kidney cysts, kidney becomes larger and larger. In some cases, enlarge kidneys may occupy the whole enterocoelia. Under such a condition, if patients touch their abdomen with hands, they can feel hard masses there.

Enlarged kidney is very dangerous, so it needs to be removed through surgery. If it is not removed, enlarged kidney will oppress surrounding organs like intestines and stomach, which can lead to a series of discomforts like poor appetite, nausea and constipation. For this reason, many PKD patients are suggested to get their kidneys removed when the kidneys become very large.

For PKD patients, the best way to prevent kidney removal is to stop cyst growth. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a herbal treatment that can shrink all the cysts at one time. It treats kidney cyst by making pressure difference. Fluid always flow toward the side with low pressure, so by making pressure difference, fluid inside the cyst can be reduced and kidney cysts are shrunk to be in a very small size.

For PKD patients who have their two kidneys removed, dialysis or kidney transplant are the only two methods to sustain their life. Therefore, they need to take treatment as soon as possible to avoid kidney removal.

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