What Are the Treatment Options for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-08-07 09:01

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic kidney disease, and there are multiple cysts on kidneys. And the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage, which can finally cause kidney failure. So the treatment is very important for PKD patients, then what are the treatment options for PKD patients?

1. Medicines

Medical treatment can help relieve the symptoms, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure from PKD. Here are the common medicines to help control the symptoms in PKD.

- Pain medicine

Back pain or side pain is common for PKD patients, so patients may need to take some painkillers to help control the symptom. In addition, patients need to follow the advice of their doctors to choose the proper medicine.

- High blood pressure

High blood pressure is another common symptom for PKD patients, and the unwell controlled high blood pressure will cause further damage to kidneys. The recommended medicine to help lower high blood pressure include ACEIs and ARBs.

- Infections

Infections is also common for PKD patients, which can be caused by poor immunity and kidney cyst rupture, so patients may need to take antibiotics to stop the infections.

2. Surgery

Surgery can help remove the big kidney cysts, which can help shrink the kidney cysts and prevent kidney cyst rupture. In general, when the kidney cyst is larger than 4 cm, patients may need to have surgery to remove the big kidney cyst, which can help prevent kidney cyst pops.

3. Dialysis and kidney transplant

As we know, without effective treatment, PKD will finally develop into kidney failure, then patients will be recommended to have dialysis or wait for a kidney transplant.

4. Micro-Chinese Medicne Osmotherapy

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a featured treatment inPeking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital, which uses traditional Chinese herbs, and it will cause no side effects for patients. And the osmosis therapy can help shrink the kidney cysts and protect kidney function, which can help prevent the kidney failure.

Above are the treatment options for PKD patients. Since the illness condition is different from case to case, so PKD patients need to choose the suitable treatment depending on their own illness condition. If you want to get a systemic treatment for your PKD, you can send your e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, our experts can help you make the best treatment program.

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