Treatment Options for PKD with End Stage Kidney Failure

2015-12-08 10:31

This time we will mostly treatment options for PKD patients who develop end stage kidney failure for you. PKD can lead to kidney failure, and kidney failure will progress into end stage kidney failure if not managed well.

In this case, kidney function is left less than 15%, and many symptoms and complications occur very seriously. In addition, numerous cysts grow and enlarge, which cause pain and damage. Dialysis is a option for PKD with end stage kidney failure, and it can replace kidney to filter the blood to remove wastes and fluids in body. But dialysis can cause side effects on patients, and is annoying and troublesome.

Dialysis can help save life temporarily for patients with PKD and end stage kidney failure. However, dialysis can do nothing useful for improving and recovering kidney function to make kidney better.

Chinese medicine is another option in this case, and it is focusing on improving kidney by repair kidney damage and recover kidney function. In this way, kidney will be under recovery. Symptoms and complications get alleviated from the root. What is more, Chinese medicine can shrink kidney cysts very well by inhibiting inner cells secreting cyst fluids and increasing permeability of cyst walls to make cyst fluids get out more easily. With Chinese medicine treatment, dialysis can be avoided and life expectancy will get improved and prolonged well.

Kidney transplant is also an option, but it will take a long time to wait for a proper kidney, and new kidney can live for about 5-7 years in general.

From the above, Chinese medicine is a wise choice for patients with PKD and end stage kidney failure, which is focusing on improving kidney and recovering kidney function. More or any question, leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. We will reply very fast for you.

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