What Is the Treatment for PKD Patients with Normal Kidney Size

2014-11-14 02:08

It is likely for PKD patients to have normal kidney size, although PKD cause kidney growth easily. Enlarged kidney needs to be removed, if not, it will oppress surrounding internal organs and impair their function, which can cause further health tissues. For PKD patients with kidney in normal size,their illness is brought under control easier and if they can take effective treatment timely, they can live as well as they did before. Well, what is the treatment for PKD patients with normal kidney size?

Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kidney problem that cause cause a cluster of cysts in kidney. What is worse, cysts in kidney enlarge over time, which damages kidney tissues and impairs kidney function. When kidney is covered with countless cysts and cysts become very large, kidney becomes bigger in size.

In PKD, normal kidney size means there are not lots of cysts in kidney, at least the cysts are not very large. Under such a condition, if we can stop the further enlargement of kidney cyst on the precondition of protecting residual kidney tissues, new kidney damages can be avoided. PKD progresses as more and more kidney tissues are damaged by cysts and fail to function properly, so by treating cysts in kidney, PKD progress can be stopped.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a treatment available for PKD patients. It is mentioned here because it can keep kidney cysts in small size by making pressure difference. It is a safe treatment, because all the herbs are used externally. For PKD patients whose kidneys are in normal size, they can receive obvious treatment effects in short term, because their illness is still in a relatively mild stage. For these whose illness has developed to advanced stage, although they can get their cysts shrunk and residual kidney function protected, they need longer time to receive these treatment effects.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is one of the characterized Chinese treatment inPeking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital. Besides, many other Chinese treatments like feet bath, acupuncture, medicated bath, mai kang mixture and TaiChia also can be applied on the basis of patients’ own condition. If you happen to be a PKD patient and want to know about these Chinese medicine treatments, please leave us message below or consult our online doctor directly.

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