Is There Any Effective Cure for PKD

2014-09-22 06:38

PKD(Polycystic Kidney Disease)is a hereditary disease which is life-threatening, so an effective cure means several family members can be saved. Well, is there any effective cure for PKD?

Conventional treatment for PKD

PKD is a kidney problem in which kidney function becomes less and less due to cysts in kidney. Only several cysts and small kidney cysts are not harmful enough to impair kidney function, but for PKD patients, their kidneys are usually full of large and small kidney cysts. These cysts enlarge over time, which thus cause kidney damages and lead to decline of kidney function.

Kidney helps to regulate blood pressure, maintain electrolyte balance, keep fluid balance and purify blood. When kidneys fail to work properly, various clinical manifestations like high blood pressure, electrolyte disturbance, proteinuria, and high creatinine level will appear. Conventional treatment treats PKD by treating its symptoms with medicines like hypotensive drugs and others. This helps to bring illness under control and it seems patients are getting cured, but as a matter of fact, kidney problem is not solved at all.

Alternative treatment for PKD patients to live better and longer

PKD is a kidney problem related with gene, and so far no medical treatment or medicine has been proven to remove PKD gene from one’s body, so we sorry to tell there is no cure for PKD. However, one thing we need to mention is further kidney damages can be avoided by treating kidney cysts and its symptoms.

For PKD patients who want to get best treatment effects, apart from treating symptoms caused by PKD like high blood pressure, proteinuria and electrolyte disturbance, treatment that can prevent further kidney damages and improve kidney function is needed.

InPeking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital, PKD is mainly treated with Chinese medicine. Although some western medicines are also used, but they are applied as a adjuvant treatment. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the most commonly used Chinese medicine treatment for PKD patients. This herbal treatment is mentioned because it shows obvious treatment effects in shrinking kidney cysts and repairing injured kidney intrinsic cells. With the help of this treatment, many PKD patients successfully delay and even avoid dialysis. Another advantages of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is its safety, which means no side effects and physical discomforts are caused during the whole treatment process, as all the herbs are used externally on the kidney location through Shenshu acupoint.

Lastly, there is no complete cure for PKD currently, but there is way to guarantee the life expectancy. Therefore, please do not be frustrated or depressed when diagnosed with PKD. At that time, what we should do is to take treatment as quickly as possible to stop further problems caused by PKD.

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