How to Prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease from Developing into Renal Failure

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a hereditary disease which manifests itself as multiple or countless fluid cysts on bilateral kidneys. The changes cause the kidneys to become enlarged obviously and lose their normal shape. Along with the development of the disease, the amount of cysts becomes more and the volume becomes larger. At last, Renal Failure appears as a result of severe damage to the renal tissues. Then how to prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease from developing into Renal Failure?
First you should know what the clinical symptoms of Renal Failure are. There are multiple symptoms of PKD-induced Renal Failure. In addition to pathognomonic symptoms of PKD like waist pain, abdominal mass (enlarged kidneys) and hematuria, there can be many other complications the most common ones of which include hypertension, cyst infection, cyst fracture etc. At the advanced stage, other symptoms like abdominal intumescentia, distending pain, dyspnea, diuresis and infection, nausea and vomiting can also occur, leaving the patients suffering a lot.
When Polycystic Kidney Disease develops into Renal Failure, there isn’t any radical cure at present. The most important thing for the patients is early and positive treatment so as to prevent deterioration of the disease and occurrence of its complications. The purpose is to protect the remained renal function and avoid further damage to the kidneys. There are several ways to prevent Polycystic Kidney Disease from developing into renal failure.
1. Early detection of the disease.
According to statistics, Polycystic Kidney Disease has 60% to 70% of genetic predisposition. There is equal expectancy in male and female. Therefore, in a family with a family history of PKD, there can be several persons who have the disease at the same time. Generally, symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease begin to occur when the patient is 25~35 years old or when kidney failure begins. Therefore, people with such a family history had better do screening tests regularly in order to detect and treat the disease early. The commonly used test methods like B ultrasound, CT and MRI can all be used to diagnose PKD. Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen can reflect the degree of renal functional damage as well as the stage of the disease.
2. Early prevention and treatment of complications.
Hypertension, urinary tract infection and cyst fracture are common complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease, and they are also the important factors that induce and aggravate renal functional damage, so they should be treated and controlled in time. During the process of medication, renal toxicity should be avoided. If there appears unceasing hematuria or fierce waist pain or abdominal pain, it is possibly caused by cyst infection accompanied with cyst bleeding or cyst fracture. In this condition, the patient should go to hospital in time so as to avoid delaying the disease and aggravating renal failure.
3. Tapping therapy of renal cyst.
This is a general treatment in recent years. The mechanism is to eliminate or alleviate oppression of the cysts to the renal tissues by tapping the cysts, so that renal blood flow volume can be recovered and renal function can be improved and protected.
4. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital
Traditional Chinese medicine has good effect in treating chronic renal failure. Especially for those who are at the early stage, traditional Chinese medicine can obviously improve the clinical symptoms and control the developing of the disease as well as lower the creatinine and BUN level. Many years’ clinical practice has proved that Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital has great effect in treating polycystic kidney disease.
5. Home nursing care.
PKD renal failure is a chronic progressing disease which can be aggravated by factors like mood fluctuation, overtiredness, intemperance of taking food or trauma. Therefore, the patient should keep a good state of mind and build up their confidence to fight against the disease.