What are the Causes Polycystic Kidney Disease Proteinuria

Proteinuria is one of the most common symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). The degree of proteinuria differs very much according to different patients. While, no matter the proteinuria is serious or slight, it is an important index to analyse the kidney disease. Then what are the causes of proteinuria?

The main cause is that the glomerulus filtration film was damaged, which will lead to the increase of its permeability and the leaking of protein. The pathology process is as following: when various pathology damages lead to the obstacle of renal focal microcirculation, they will cause the ischemia and anemia of the kidney. The condition of ischemia and anemia will lead to the damage of blood capillary endothelial cells and blood capillary. Then the damage of blood capillary will attract the invading of inflammatory cells to the blood circulation system. The inflammatory cells may release the inflammatory factors and start the process of renal fibrosis. The inflammation of kidney will cause the pores on the glomerulus filtration film getting bigger or close. Then the permeability of glomerulus filtration film will increase and the protein will leak out.

Then how can we treat proteinuria? To treat the propeinuria effectively and control the development of disease, we must proceed from the causes of proteinuria. There are two key points for the treatment： First, inactivate the inflammatory factors to prevent from the further damage of glomerulus. Second, repair the damaged renal inherent cells and repair the damaged renal function to prevent from the leaking of protein.

As for the first point, western medicine has good effects to inactive the inflammatory factors. With the treatment, the proteinuria will gradually get better. While, as for the repair of renal cells and renal function, we must use Micro-Chinese Medicine to repair the damaged renal cells and renal function. By the two methods we can treat the disease fundamentally.

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Food that Can Drop the Blood Pressure

There are a variety of symptoms of the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), and hypertension is one of the common symptoms of this disease. Except the regular medicine treatment, many kinds of food have the function of dropping blood pressure.

First, fruit:1, apples, containing abundant organic acid, fructopyrancose, pectin, cellulose and many kinds of trace elements, such as lithium, bromine, zinc and so on, have the functions of preventing angiosclerosis, preventing and treating arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. According to the recent years’ research, eating more apples is especially good for the hypertension patients who like taking in too much salt.

2, watermelon: containing more than ten kinds of nutrient, watermelon has good effects on treating hypertension. Both the peel and seed of watermelon can be used.

3, fresh plum: plums are rich in acid, citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid and other nutrient substance. As for hypertension patients who have the symptoms of swirl, insomnia, they can use some blackberry of many years’ standing and stew them with proper boiling water, then take in the water and plums, which has the functions of dropping blood pressure, clearing heat and promoting fluid.

4, lemon: it is rich in vitamin C and P. so lemons have the functions of increasing the elasticity and toughness of the blood vessels, remitting the calcium ion and promoting the blood clotting, preventing and treating hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.

Second, medicine porridge: 1, carrot porridge: cut up 120g fresh carrot and boil it with 100g polished round-grained rice.

2, celery porridge: cut up 90g celery, together with the root of celery, and then boil it with 100g polished round-grained rice.

3, garlic porridge: put 30g peeled garlic into the boiling water. One minute later, fish the garlic out and then put 100g rice into the same water. After the rice having been boiled, put the boiled garlic into the porridge for a while. Then you can enjoy it.

4, lotus leaf: boil the lotus leaf with 100g rice and you can take it as a common meal.

Third, an effective folk remedy for hypertension: make the one egg boiled. Peel the egg white and eat it. Then put the egg yolk in a bowl and smash it into powder. Then add proper vinegar to it. Mix them up and take in. long-term taking can drop the blood pressure.

Dietary therapy is one method of Chinese medicine and it is also a method of natural treatment. On one hand, it can treat disease. Meanwhile the patients can enjoy the delicious and healthy food. What a wonderful thing it is.

How to treat occult blood caused by PKD

There are various complications of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) with the enlargement of cysts. Occult blood is one of the most common complications of PKD, caused by the rupture of large cysts. Many patients didn’t find it until they had a physical examination after the appearance of hematuria. And most PKD patients will have occult blood repeatedly, which is hard to treat. There following information is about the treatment of occult blood. Hope it is helpful for you.

Usually, occult blood can be controlled after 4-8 days by taking some medicine. But very soon, it will reappear, especially for patients with anemia whose bleeding is difficult to control. If the occult blood can’t be treated timely, the platelets will reduce, causing anemia. And blood clotting mechanism will decline. If the condition is very severe, the patients may have shock or they may suddenly die caused by bleeding of all the organs. As for the patients with severe anemia, when occult blood appears, it is useless to supplement blood. So, timely treatment for occult blood is very important to the patients.

The bleeding of patients of PKD should be treated comprehensively. When hematuria appears, it may easy cause renal infection, such as, high fever, systemic edema, renal enlargement or even damage of renal function. During the treating of hematuria, anemia should also be treated to increase the number of platelets.

Then how to treat occult blood caused by PKD fundamentally? It’s recommended to combine the weatern medicine with Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. After the treatment of western medicine aiming at the symptoms, the occult blood and hematuria may get controlled. Then we should adopt the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to reapir the damaged renal inherent cells and damaged renal function. For Micro-Chinese Medicine has four effects: enlarging blood vessels to improve blood circulation, anticoagulation, anti-inflammation, degradation. As for PKD, this therapy can control the enlargement of cysts and contract the cysts, by which it can prevent the occult blood from the resource. Therefore, after the treatment of Micro-Chinese Medicine, the occult blood seldom recurs.

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How to Treat Hypertension Caused by PKD

As hypertension is a common symptom of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) and if it can’t be controlled well, it will aggravate the illness condition. Therefore, effective treatment for hypertension is very important. Then how to treat hypertension effectively? Chinese medicine has its unique effects on treating hypertension. On one hand, Chinese medicine has no side-effects and it is very safe. On the other hand, as for the treatment of hypertension caused by this disease, the key point is to treat the cysts. By Chinese medicine treatment, it can relieve the compression of cysts to renal failure and reduce the damage to renal function. Then how does Chinese medicine achieve these treatment effects on treating hypertension caused by Polycystic Kidney Disease?

On the basis of traditional Chinese medicine, we developed out Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which is more effective than the traditional Chinese medicine. By external application, this therapy has its unique functions on treating hypertension caused by this disease. These functions include dilating renal blood vessels, increasing the blood perfusion of the kidney. At the same time, this therapy can improve the systemic micro-circulation of the human body, increase the oxygen supply and enhance the immunity. By all of these, this therapy can enhance the cytoactive of cysts wall, enhance the permeability of cysts wall and eliminate the cysts liquid. Meanwhile, this therapy can prevent from the secretion of cysts liquid and contract the cysts fundamentally.

Besides, this therapy can increase the vasodilatation factors which will promote the blood circulation of the cysts wall. With the function of the Chinese medicine, this therapy can relieve the compression of the cysts to surrounding renal tissue, relieve the ischemia and anemia condition of renal tissues and delay the progression of renal fibrosis. Therefore, Micro-Chinese Medicine can solve the fundamental cause of hypertension.

Why do Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Have the Symptom of Anemia

Why do patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) have the symptom of anemia? When Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) develops into renal insufficiency or renal failure, patients may have the symptom of anemia. In the blood test, the report may show the low level of hemoglobin. And in clinical, patients may feel tired and lacking of strength, and the patients with the symptom of anemia may look pale. Then why do patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) have the symptom of anemia?

The main cause of the symptom of anemia is the damage to the kidney. With the enlargement of the cysts, they will compress the normal renal tissues, leading to the ischemia and anemia of the glomerulus. Glomerulus is the basic unit of the kidney’s filtration function. And there are five kinds of renal intrinsic cells, playing different roles on the kidney’s filtration procedure. And the ischemia and anemia will lead to the damage of the renal intrinsic cells, causing the necrosis of the glomerulus. And the renal function will decline gradually.

With the damage of the glomerulus and the decline of the renal function, the secretion function will decline. At this time, kidneys are failed to secret enough hemopoietin to meet the demand of the body, which is one of the main causes of the symptom of anemia. Besides, as for Polycystic Kidney Disease patients who have developed to the stage of renal insufficiency or renal failure stage, there is large quantity of toxins, which will decrease the survival time of the red blood cells.
And the decrease of intake of iron and increase of the iron loss will lead to the insufficiency of the combining of the red blood cells. All of these factors can lead to the Polycystic Kidney Disease patients suffering from the symptom of anemia.

Innovation of Renal Hypertension Treatment

Hypertension which is caused by kidney diseases is called Renal Hypertension. And hypertension is one of the most complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). As an important part of secondary hypertension, about 5%-10% adult patients with Hypertension get Renal Hypertension. It always occurs secondary to varied kidney diseases. Youth and middle-aged people have more chances to get it. Usually there is not certain disease family history. Edema, abnormal urine test, renal insufficiency, Hypertension followed will present.

Hypertension caused by ischemia because of renal artery stenosis is called Renovascular Hypertension, the percentage of which is less than a half. But the other one named Renal Parenchymal Hypertension which arises from diseases of one side or both sides kidney parenchyma can be caused by almost every kind of kidney diseases.

Nephropathy is the cause of Renal Hypertension, which makes us find that kidney problem should be solved firstly. Kidney Disease Hospital with 20 years’ history is professional. We have treated about tens of thousands of kidney diseases which are complicated with Hypertension. Many patients’ blood pressure of this disease is declined into normal level with little or without antihypertensive drugs.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy developed by Kidney Disease Hospital can expand blood vessels, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which is suitable for this disease. Micro-Chinese Medicine will expand renal artery to improve the ischemia and anaerobic conditions. Then renal parenchyma will be recovered and begin to work again. Besides, microcirculation will be promoted too. Meanwhile blood pressure will be declined. Patients will not feel cold and sweat more and some other changes. The effective ingredients of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy have function of repairing kidney tissues. And the disease can be treated fundamentally. The damaged kidney function will be recovered partly. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is quick-acting, efficient and it can hold for a long time without operation.

Occult Blood in Urine for Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a progressive and debilitating kidney disease. This disease is characterized by numerous cysts formed in the kidneys. The common symptoms of PKD contain:

● Occult blood in urine (Hematuria, cola-colored urine)

● High blood pressure

● Cysts in other organs

● Urinary tract infections

The major cause of PKD is hereditary factors, although it has also been linked to other factors, such as gene mutation. PKD will run in the families. PKD is a progressive disease that develops slowly in the early stage often over the course of decades. However, it can develop very fast when symptoms occurred. Most patients will advance into kidney failure if no effective treatment is received to control the growth of kidney cysts. In the following articles, I will mainly introduce the symptom of occult blood in urine for PKD patients.

Most patients do not feel their disease is a concern until they find occult blood in urine, which makes them to go for medical help. There are mainly two reasons which can lead to occult blood in urine.

1. Cysts bleeding: with the continuous growth of kidney cysts, when they are 4cm larger in diameter, there is high possibility that they are going to rupture. Most patients have cysts rupture even without provocation. When cysts break, the red blood cells from the blood vessel will go out of body with urine. Cyst bleeding is the main reason of occult blood in urine occurs.

2. The damage of kidney units: the continuous growth of kidney cysts will damage kidney units. Gradually, kidneys will lose its function and the glomerular filtration membrane and the renal tubules will be damaged. When the filtration membrane and the renal tubules are damaged, the red blood cells will filter out, while the renal tubules can not also reabsorb them. Thus, these red blood cells will go out of body with urine.

To deal with occult blood in urine, patients should not only take hemostatics, which is temporary.
To deal with the problem, a natural therapy is needed. Surgeries are not proper because so many cysts are involved, experts have found a natural therapy-Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. If you need more information about it, please contact our online

Hypertension and Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Hypertension is a common complication of PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) and occurs due to an increase in pressure in the blood vessels of the kidneys. This pressure is due to the continuous growth of numerous kidney cysts. The increased pressure causes damage to the vessels causing blood back up in the veins of the body.

When hypertension occurs for PKD patients, the blood vessels constrict, becoming narrow and thick. This means blood is able to flow through the blood vessels. When this happens, pressure within the vessels builds up and the heart muscle must work harder to force the blood through. When the pressure becomes too high, the heart can not keep up and less blood will be circulated through the kidneys. This will result in less oxygen and anoxia to the entire body.

There are two types of high blood pressure for PKD patients: primary and secondary. Primary hypertension is uncommon and the exact cause is unknown. A diagnosis is made when all other causes have been ruled out.

Secondary hypertension occurs far more frequently and is caused by continuous growth of kidney cysts in the body.

When hypertension occurs, it will aggravate the disease further, thus forming a vicious circle. So, PKD patients should bring your blood pressure under control. Watch your salt intake is necessary for you when high blood pressure occurs.

Besides taking antihypertensive medicines to control your high blood pressure, patients should receive a holistic treatment to control the cysts growth and repair the kidney lesions. The key to treat hypertension secondary to Polycystic Kidney Disease is to shrink the cysts. Meanwhile, the blood and nutrition supply is also necessary. Thousands of clinical cases have proved that Chinese herbs can remove the cysts in a natural way and repair the damaged kidney lesions. When the bigger cysts are reduced and the smaller ones are controlled, the hypertension secondary to PKD can be treated naturally. At this time, you do not have to rely on the pills to control the hypertension.

A Proper Diet Can Slow down the Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder. The early prevention and treatment are very important for the patients to protect the residual renal function. Both medical treatment and diet play important roles in stopping deterioration of renal function. Therefore, the patients with PKD should keep a proper diet.

First, what they should not eat.

1. The patients with PKD should avoid eating spicy and hot foods such as hot pepper, smoking (including passive smoking), chocolates, coffee, sea-fish, shrimp, and crab and so on.

2. The patients with PKD should quit alcohol, especially white wine. Alcohol can cause intense irritation to kidneys and activate the activity of polycystin thus promoting the cyst growth.

3. Avoid eating fermented foods including soybean and other foods that can accelerate the growth of cysts.

4. Do not eat too salty foods, especially cured foods;

5. Avoid eating polluted foods, such as unhealthy diet, tainted foods, and leftovers and so on.

6. Do not eat barbecue.

7. Do not eat animal offal, especially animal livers. Lives have the detoxication function of toxins and a lot of animal metabolic toxins leave in the livers. If the patients with PKD have much offal, it will certainly cause much burden to their kidneys.

Second, what they should eat.

1. The patients with PKD should eat more vegetables and fruits with high vitamins such as carrots, corn, spinach, apple, strawberry, mung bean sprouts and so on.

2. Eat more foods helping excretion of toxins such as black fungus.

3. The patients with PKD should eat some foods with diuretic effect, such as mung bean, carp, and wax gourd and so on.

A proper diet is just an assistant therapy for the patients with PKD. What they should primarily do is to choose an effective PKD treatment as early as possible. In that way, they will be able to prevent PKD from developing into Renal Failure.

Chinese Herbal Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Healthy kidneys can filter out excess toxic and waste substances and fluid from the blood. In persons with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), the kidneys become enlarged with multiple cysts. These cysts grow out of control and can overrun the kidneys. In time, the PKD cysts damage the kidneys and can lead to kidney failure. The occurrence of Chinese herbal treatment-Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy provides new hope to fight off this disease.

What is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy?

Based on 26 years' experience and expertise in treating kidney disease, the nation's top nephrologists in Kidney Hospital China invent this innovative herbal treatment. This therapy combines the advantages of Chinese and western medicine. It can stop the continuous growth of cysts, delay the occurrence of Renal Failure, and treat PKD from the root.

How to treat Polycystic Kidney Disease with Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy?

Nephrologists point out that the pathological mechanism of this disease is damage and hyperplasia of epithelial cell in renal tubule. Corresponding treatment should focus on repairing these impaired cells.

Firstly, the continuously enlarged cysts will lead to short supply of oxygen and blood in the kidneys, known as renal ischemia and anoxia, so renal fibrosis can be started. Chinese herbal treatment can stop this process.

Secondly, under this treatment, we can decrease the formation of liquid within the cysts and reduce the pressure to the glomeruli, renal tubules and blood vessels, thus promoting the micro-blood circulation.

Finally, special materials contained in this herbal remedy can provide abundant nutrients to the repairing of damaged kidneys, such as microelements, organic acid, amino acid, vitamins, etc so as to accelerate the recovery of kidney function.

Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Lead to Cancer

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a group of diseases featured by dilatation of the tubular units of the kidney. The renal tubules are responsible for processing the 140 liters of fluid filtered by the glomerulus. Cystic tubules fail to function well, causing fluid retention, hypertension, and Renal Failurerequiring dialysis or a transplant. Well, can PKD lead to cancer?

Medical professionals describe two major inherited forms of Polycystic Kidney Disease and a non-inherited form:

▪ Autosomal dominant PKD-the most common inherited form. Symptoms often develop between the ages of 30 and 40, but they can begin earlier, even in childhood.

▪ Autosomal recessive PKD is a rare inherited form. Symptoms may begin in the earliest months of life, even in the womb.

▪ Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) develops in association with long-term kidney problems, especially in patients who have kidney failure and who have been on dialysis for a long time. It tends to occur in later years of time, and it is not an inherited form of PKD.

ACKD affects patients with chronic renal failure and causes hematuria, erythrocytosis (increase in red blood cells), and is associated with the development of kidney cancer. With kidney cancer, other symptoms may include a lump or mass in the side or the abdomen, weight loss, fever, fatigue, etc.

Other proposed risk factors for developing kidney cancer includes:

1. Smoking. Kidney cancer may be caused due directly to smoking, and it doubles the risk of developing cancer.

2. Long-term kidney failure. In this case, some patients receive dialysis over a long period of time, and may develop cysts in the kidneys. So kidney cancer may develop from the cells that line these cysts.

3. People who are overweight and eat a high-fat diet have a greater risk.

4. Adults between the ages of 50 to 70 years.

5. Men have double risk than women.

Life Expectancy of Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Most patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) concern that how long they can live once diagnosed with this disorder. So, let’s discuss the life expectancy of PKD patients in detail.

Actually, guessing the lifespan of PKD patients is far control of science, because many factors make it changeable, such as patients’ physique, illness condition and the treatment which they adopt. However, knowing everything possible about this condition can help you make informed decisions about the treatment.

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is passed down through families (inherited), usually an autosomal dominant trait. It is the most common life threatening genetic disease which attacks between 1 in 400 to 1,000 people throughout the world. This disorder is featured by fluid-filled cysts that form in the nephrons of bilateral kidneys. Most patients with PKD eventually progress into Renal Failure. Moreover, Polycystic Kidney Disease is the fourth most common cause of Renal Failure.
Therefore, if you or your beloved has been diagnosed with this disease, it’s critical to find an effective treatment as soon as possible, which can help you prolong the life expectancy in a large degree.

Have you heard of Chinese herbal medicine? Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is an herbal remedy, which can save the life of PKD patients.

As a kind of conservative treatment, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can treat PKD without pumping liquid. Through external application, we can shrink the cysts without any surgery, so patients suffer no pain. The medicine pads are applied to the bilateral renal area, and patients only need to lie on bed to receive treatment.

After being super-finely shattered, the effective medicine can permeate into the kidney lesions directly with the help of microwave. The medicine can improve the blood circulation and the active ingredients of the medicine have the effect of expanding blood vessels. In this way, we can increase the microcirculation and permeability of the cyst walls. Over time, the cyst liquid can be excreted through blood circulation and the cysts will be shrunk. Meanwhile, we can restrain the secretion of the epithelial cells, so the cyst is not easy to recur after being removed.

Besides, patients with PKD should also keep a positive attitude and set up the confidence to conquer the disease. Do not too much about the life expectancy. As long as you choose an effective treatment, you can live longer.

What are Symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disorder in which clusters of cysts develop primarily with the kidneys. Cysts are noncancerous round sacs containing water-like fluid.What are symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease?

▲ Pain of renal area is a major symptom. It usually refers to constriction or dull pain, sharp pain, sometimes abdominal pain or tenderness. The pain may become serious after doing manual work, long-time work or sitting. The pain may also result from the internal haemorrhage of kidneys, kidney stones movement or infection.

▲ Nephromegaly. Due to inconsonant development of bilateral kidneys condition, their sizes are different. In the late stage of Polycystic Kidney Disease, the two kidneys can fill the whole enterocoelia. There are many cysts on the surface of kidneys, which are irregular in outline and solid in the texture.

▲ Blood in the urine (hematuria). Approximately half of children with Polycystic Kidney Disease present microscopic hematuria, and some have paroxysmal gross hematuria caused by the burst of cyst wall blood vessels. When kidneys are infected, there will be obvious pyuria, severe hematuria and back pain accompanied with fever.

▲ High blood pressure (hypertension). This is a common sign of children Polycystic Kidney Disease. Almost half of patients have high blood pressure before the serum creatinine increases, which is caused by the stress of cysts on neighboring tissues, inducing rennin, angiotensin and the response of aldosterone.

▲ Urinary tract infection. More than half of Polycystic Kidney Disease patients appear urinary tract infection, and is more prone to women than men.

Besides, other symptoms also include cysts in other organs, mass in abdomen, kidney stones and urine protein and do on. Patient should receive effective treatment to prevent the disease progress into Renal Failure.

How Much Protein should PKD Patients Have

For people with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), the primary driver of illness development is cyst formation. The downward progression of the disease is accelerated by the additional wear and tear due to leakage of proteins through the glomerular filtration membrane. So it is necessary to eat a sensible diet which can help stay healthy. How much protein should you have?

The features of protein include:

▪ Can't be stored, needs replenishing

▪ Builds muscles

▪ Used for tissue growth and repair, helps fight colds, flu and infections

▪ The kidneys process protein into a waste product-creatinine

▪ Too much intake is dangerous for kidneys (lead to PKD complications and raise Urea Nitrogen waste in blood, making you tired)

Classification

● Animal proteins: eggs, dairy, meat, poultry, fish

It is considered best as they are 'complete', and have the right amounts of what the body needs.

● Vegetable proteins: Grains, legumes, nuts/seeds

This is 'incomplete', as they are relatively low in one or more essential amino acids.

Patients with PKD and other kidney disease should eat the former high-quality, or complete kind.
As for the daily intake, the following are some suggestions:

1. Eat about 1g per kg ideal body weight per day

2. Avoid too much and too litter amount

3. Samples: Breakfast-Tea/coffee with milk (6g)

Lunch-Cottage cheese salad or lentil soup (12g) Dinner: fish dinner (27g)

4. For highly active people, you may need more amount. Please consult your doctor if uncertain.

5. This diet is not recommended for children or patients on dialysis.

How to Manage My Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) in the Daily Life

Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) need to receive effective treatment as well as develop a healthy daily care. The following are some suggestions, and we hope they are helpful for all patients.

■ Have a good control of blood pressure.

Most of people with PKD have high blood pressure before renal function occurs damage. The occurrence of high blood pressure may accelerate the decline of kidney function. Besides, it may lead to cerebrovascular damage. Therefore, have a good control of the blood pressure is very important. Generally, you had better control it within 130/80mmHg.

■ Arrange a reasonable diet.

A healthy diet can help you control your PKD better. Since the kidneys have been damaged with different degrees, so they can not functional adequately to remove the metabolism wastes. Based on your individual illness condition, you need to limit the intake of protein, sodium, fat, etc. You are recommended to follow doctor's advice.

■ Pay attention to preventing cold and trauma.

People with PKD are suggested to take care of them cautiously on daily basis and prevent catching a cold, which may aggravate and speed up the progression of the disease.

The bilateral kidneys may become enlarged continuously due to increases pressure within cysts caused by continuous enlargement of the cysts. In this case, any slight trauma will increase both the internal abdominal pressure and the impact of external force to the enlarged cysts, thus leading to ruptures and bleeding of cysts. Then you also become more susceptible to infections.

Besides, people with PKD should be confident to fight off the disease, and keep a positive attitude toward the treatment. With the development of modern medical technology, an innovative therapy of traditional Chinese medicine is created by Chinese nephrologists, called Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which is testified to be most effective in treating PKD.

Complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is an inherited disease, which means that the disease is passed on from parents to children through genes. People with the disease can be asymptomatic and may become symptomatic usually by ages 30 to 50. The most common clinical manifestations of PKD include back or side pain, tenderness around the abdomen, or a feeling of fullness. With the development of PKD, there may appear some complications as follows.

Ⅰ. High blood pressure (hypertension)

This occurs in about 60% to 70% of people with PKD and for many is the first sign of the disease. Due to the presence and gradual enlargement of multiple cysts, the normal kidney structure is altered. Consequently, the kidney function of monitoring blood volume is disturbed and more renin is secreted, causing elevated level of blood pressure.

Ⅱ. Urinary tract infection (UTI)

UTI is common among people with PKD, which include cystitis, pyelonephritis, infection of cyst and perinephric abscess. For female patients, urinary tract examination is one of the risk factors, because while doing it, equipments may lead to infection in urinary tract.

Ⅲ. Decline in kidney function

With the progressive growth and multiplying of cysts in the kidneys, the renal functional cells and tissues are damaged, thus causing gradual decline of kidney function. If the disease progress to end-stage renal failure, patients have to receive dialysis or renal transplant.

Ⅳ. Kidney stones

About 20% to 30% of people with PKD develop kidney stones. They usually suffer from dull pain in the renal region. If there is colic or sharp pain as well as gross hematuria, it may indicate the appearance of kidney stones.

Ⅴ. Cysts in other parts of the body

Although the kidneys are the main site affected, cysts may also develop in other parts of the body, such as the liver, pancreas, seminal vesicles, and the arachnoid membrane (tissue next to the brain).

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Treatment Options

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. PKD cysts can profoundly enlarge the kidneys while replacing much of the normal structure, leading to decreased kidney function and leading to Renal Failure.

Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease often suffer from increase of nocturia, lumbago, high blood pressure, etc. There is hematuria and little proteinuria in urine test. Then how to treat Polycystic Kidney Disease in western countries?

◆ Anti-infection mainly aims at treating kidney stones, high blood pressure and hematuria.

◆ Surgical treatment includes decorbicatiou, tapping, and laparoscopy.

◆ Kidney transplant or dialysis.

◆ Non-operative treatment including treating complications.

Though the above methods have obvious effects and can control the development of the disease after the treatment, Polycystic Kidney Disease will recur soon, because these methods only cure the symptoms but not the disease. It is wise for you to find other systemic treatment.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy for Polycystic Kidney Disease in China

Basis on traditional Chinese medicine, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy introduces high-technique devices in processing herbal medicines and makes the release of herbal effective ingredients even more complete. As a kind of natural therapy, it is applied externally, so no much pain will be caused and patients only need to lie on bed to receive the treatment.

After being permeated into patients’ body, these natural herbs can make cysts shrink gradually. Through promoting the permeability of cyst wall, cyst liquid will be reabsorbed into blood vessels, and then will be discharged out of body along urine. Moreover, Micro-Chinese Medicine can dilate the renal blood vessels, so nutrition supply to the kidneys can be enhanced. Combined with the function of degrading the extracellular matrix, the renal ischemia and hypoxia can be improved and the perfusion flow of the blood to the kidneys will be increased, so the filtration ability of the kidneys will be improved. In this case, those epithelial cells of cystic wall can be prevented from further secreting, and small cysts won’t grow any more.

Suggested Diet for Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is one of the most common inherited diseases, and most of cases would end up in end-stage renal failure. However, with proper diet, patients can improve their conditions in a large degree.

Generally, patients with PKD should have a low-fat and high-antioxidant diet. It is said that plant proteins can help lower the blood pressure and slow the growth of kidney cysts. Studies show that Omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce inflammation and slow the progression of PKD as well; it also has anti-hypertensive and lipid lowering effects.

High-fiber foods, which can combat insulin resistance, are also recommended—high insulin levels have been linked with heart disease and may accelerate the progression of PKD. Unlike other kinds of kidney diseases, patients with PKD require higher levels of potassium.

Foods can be taken by PKD patients:

▲ Soy protein : tofu, miso, tempeh.

▲ Foods that have high omega-3 content: salmon, herring, mackerel , anchovies, flaxseed, walnuts, pecans.

▲ High-potassium content foods: papaya, prune juice, honeydew, cantaloupe melon, banana, raisins, mango, pears, orange, orange juice, sweet potatoes.

▲ High-fiber content foods: spinach, broccoli, cabbage, pomegranate, grains. Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended, since they are excellent sources of vitamins and fiber.

Besides, patients with PKD should also know foods to be avoided. Limit the intake of animal protein. Excess amounts of salt, caffeine, and alcohol should also be avoided. Below is a list of a sample of what not to eat.

▼ Foods that have high sodium content: corned beef, instant noodles, potato chips, cured ham, table salt, preserved foods.

▼ High-protein foods: red meat, chicken, groundnuts, corn, lentils, chickpeas.

▼ Food that have high sugar content: cola drinks, chocolates, artificial sugars, powdered juices.

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic condition in which many cysts form in the kidneys, eventually affecting the ability of the kidneys to function. Depending on the type of PKD, symptoms often begin either in early adulthood, between the ages of 30~40 years, or in infancy or early childhood. Both men and women of all races are likely to be affected equally.

Causes

PKD is an inherit disease, which includes two types, called Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) and Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD).
90% of patients belong to ADPKD, or adult PKD, and it occurs when one parent has passed the gene on to a child. The gene is dominant, and there is a 50% chance that a child will get PKD if one parent has this disorder. However, in some cases the disease may occur spontaneously due to a new genetic mutation other than inherited from parents.
10% of patients (mainly infants and children) suffer from the rarer ARPKD, and it happens when the parents carry the gene but are not affected by PKD. There is a 25% chance that a child born to parents that are both carriers will get the disease. If only one parent carries the gene, children will not be affected.

Symptoms

● Back or side pain
● Tenderness around the abdomen
● Hematuria
● Hypertension
● Urinary tract infection

Treatment

The traditional treatments for PKD include medications, surgery (remove the cysts), dialysis and kidney transplant. Immunotherapy available for PKD may consists some of:

● Brand new medications
● Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy
● Immunotherapy
● Immune clearance: immunosorption, plasmapheresis and blood purification
Features
● No toxin or side effects to human body.
● Help patients avoid the surgery and control the progression of PKD.
● Help patients in the early stage avoid dialysis. Prolong the interval of dialysis for those in advanced stage.
● Significantly extends survival time with a good quality of life.

Complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is an inherited disease, which means that the disease is passed on from parents to children through genes. People with the disease can be asymptomatic and may become symptomatic usually by ages 30 to 50. The most common clinical manifestations of PKD include back or side pain, tenderness around the abdomen, or a feeling of fullness. With the development of PKD, there may appear some complications as follows.

Ⅰ. High blood pressure (hypertension)

This occurs in about 60% to 70% of people with PKD and for many is the first sign of the disease. Due to the presence and gradual enlargement of multiple cysts, the normal kidney structure is altered. Consequently, the kidney function of monitoring blood volume is disturbed and more renin is secreted, causing elevated level of blood pressure.

Ⅱ. Urinary tract infection (UTI)

UTI is common among people with PKD, which include cystitis, pyelonephritis, infection of cyst and perinephric abscess. For female patients, urinary tract examination is one of the risk factors, because while doing it, equipments may lead to infection in urinary tract.

Ⅲ. Decline in kidney function

With the progressive growth and multiplying of cysts in the kidneys, the renal functional cells and tissues are damaged, thus causing gradual decline of kidney function. If the disease progress to end-stage renal failure, patients have to receive dialysis or renal transplant.

Ⅳ. Kidney stones

About 20% to 30% of people with PKD develop kidney stones. They usually suffer from dull pain in the renal region. If there is colic or sharp pain as well as gross hematuria, it may indicate the appearance of kidney stones.

Ⅴ. Cysts in other parts of the body

Although the kidneys are the main site affected, cysts may also develop in other parts of the body, such as the liver, pancreas, seminal vesicles, and the arachnoid membrane (tissue next to the brain).

The above are some complications of PKD. Though the disease is asymptomatic in the initial stage, you should take your illness condition seriously and receive prompt treatment as early as possible. In this way, we can control the enlargement of cysts as well as prevent the complications.