How to Protect Kidney From Further Deterioration with PKD

2014-08-23 08:21

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is the most common genetic kidney disorder that can cause deterioration of kidney. So far no treatment or medicine has been proven to be able to remove PKD gene, so protecting kidney from further deterioration is what PKD patients can do. Well then, how to protect kidney from further deterioration with PKD?

How is kidney damaged by PKD?

To know clearly about how to protect kidney from being damaged by PKD, it is necessary to firstly understand how is kidney damaged by this illness.

Polycystic Kidney Disease is the illness that can cause cyst formation in kidney. Small kidney cysts are harmless for kidney, but the problem is cysts in PKD enlarge over time. These cysts become larger and larger with the increase of cystic fluid. Large kidney cyst oppress surrounding kidney tissues, which may affect the working ability of them. Besides, due to high pressure from large cysts, these kidney tissues may fail to get necessary oxygen and nutrition from blood. Under such a condition, they become necrotic easily. Kidney works through different kidney tissues, so kidney function declines when some of the renal tissues are damaged.

How to protect kidney from further deterioration with PKD?

There are two points we need to know:

1. PKD gene can not be removed from kidney.

2. Small kidney cysts are harmless and mostly, kidney tissues are damaged by large cysts in kidney.

Since PKD gene can not be removed from kidney, what we can do is to keep kidney cysts in small size as small cysts are usually harmless for kidney. In this way, kidney can be protected from further deterioration.

Treatment of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the treatment to shrink cysts in kidney. It is a herb-based treatment which can treat all the cysts at one time without causing any side effects. If you are interested in this treatment, you can consult our online doctors about its treatment effects and cost.

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