What Medicine Can Treat PKD

2014-04-19 02:03

PKD means there are a lot fluid-filled cysts inside and outside of the kidneys. It is inherited from one generation to generation. What medicine can treat PKD?

Western Medicine

Western medicine is a quick way to control your symptoms. High blood pressure is often lowered by hypotensive drugs, such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers, etc. Timely lowering your high blood pressure can prevent further damage to your kidneys. Besides, urinary tract infection (UTI) can be quickly alleviated by antibiotics. Immunosuppressors and steroids are often used to treat proteinuria. Painkiller may be used to alleviate your back pain.

However, all the medicine have to be taken under the instruction of your doctor in case that some of them have renal toxicity.

Chinese Medicines

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are both oral Chinese medicine and external medicine. In the early stages of PKD, you can use Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to shrink the kidney cysts by inhibiting lining cells from secreting fluids and increase the permeability and pressure differences inside and outside of the cyst walls so as to remove the fluid from the sacs. Besides, it can improve the ischemia and anoxia in the kidneys, inhibit kidney inflammation, prevent kidney fibrosis, provide essential substances for kidney repair, etc. These help kidney self-healing and protect your kidneys.

Besides, there are other therapies, such as enema therapy, foot bath, medicated bath and circle therapy, which are used to cleanse the wastes from the blood. And they can also improve yin, yang, qi and blood to help you fight with PKD. Chinese medicines can make your whole body harmonious and balanced eventually.

In our hospital, we often combine western medicine and Chinese medicine to treat PKD. If you are interested in our therapies, please feel free to contact us. If you give us trust, we can give you hope.

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