The Memory of one Polycystic Kidney Disease Patient

The second day, Mike asked me why I did not have supper yesterday. 'Lots of work made me too tired', it is the first time I lied to my husband.

'You are too busy. You can ask a leave today. Did you say that you have low back pain? Have a good sleep for one day', said Mike.

'OK'

As soon as he walked out of home, I got up quickly and turn on my computer to search the information about Polycystic Kidney Disease, which was printed on my check-up report. 'What symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease', 'what causes Polycystic Kidney Disease', 'what you can not do is……' and 'what you can do is……' came to my sight. When I felt a little tired, I went to bed, watching ceiling and did not want to close my eyes. What happened past came to my mind one by one. How happy I was and how healthy I was, which made me to live in the past and did not want to go ahead. 'What should I do?' and 'what will Mike react?' repeated to my mind.

I did not get the answers, and my tears kept running all day. I could not accept the reality. With one-day painful thought, I could not wait for Mike any more. Took on my coat without combing hair and got on a taxi on the way to his company……

At the moment I arrived at the office lobby, I saw him walking out of elevator. And I wept at the sight of him. He was obviously confused, however I could hardly say a word……

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy Treats Polycystic Kidney Disease

On one hand, effective ingredients in Micro-Chinese medicines have function of expanding blood vessels. By expanding blood vessels, blood circulation in cyst wall can be improved. As a result, blood pressure in cyst wall decreases. When blood pressure in cyst wall lower than pressure inside cyst, cyst fluid will leak out and then get into blood vessels. With blood flow, these fluids will get out of our body finally. Moreover, improvement of blood circulation in cyst wall help to soften cysts, which makes cyst fluid get out of cyst easier.

On another hand, by acting on cells growing in cyst wall, active substances in Micro-Chinese medicines can restrain the generation of fluid, so as to control the persistent increase of cyst. Fluid inside cyst is excreted by cells growing in cyst wall. Micro-Chinese medicines are composed of different types of herbal medicines. Some of types of medicines have the ability of restraining the excretion of epithelial cells. When cells in cyst wall stop excreting fluid, then the cyst will stop enlarging.

This is the general introduction about how Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy treats Polycystic Kidney Disease. Through restraining the generation of cyst fluid and reabsorbing cyst fluid, cyst can be shrunk effectively. In fact, besides these, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy has many other functions such as anticoagulation, anti-inflammation and degrading extracellular matrix. What is more, all these functions are helpful in treating Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Complications of PKD

Simple renal cyst may develop into malignancy cyst, but the morbidity is rather low. Actually, if being treated in time, Polycystic Kidney Disease can be controlled under a stable condition. There are many people refuse to have treatment when the cyst is small, and once they are hurt by the pain cause by cysts, they come to hospital and find the cyst already big enough and hard to be treated. So, for simple renal cyst, paying much attention to the disease condition does matter a lot. However, for PKD, with the growing of cysts, functional cells and tissues in kidney will be damaged, so we can say that PKD is much more serious because when the cells are damaged, there will be problems with kidney functions, and if no treatment, finally the disease may deteriorate into ESRD. Renal Failure caused by PKD is very common among those who are undergoing dialysis. And PKD does arouse many complications as follows.

1. Kidney stone and cyst calcification. For patients with PKD, when they feel painful in low back, especially when the pain become serious, and blood in urine can be seen by the naked eyes, it needs to be considered as kidney stone, and the sufferers had better take some related examinations to make sure the disease condition.

2. Cysts cancerization. It is still disputed whether renal cysts can lead to cancerization, but actually there really some people getting cancerization as an aftermath of renal cysts. When the patients have pain in renal region, regular hematuria, loss of weight, blood coagulation, and abnormal anemia, or the increase of blood cells, cancerization can be one accompanying disease they must pay close attention to. What they need to do is CT scan or some related examinations to detect the condition of cysts.

What Causes Polycystic Kidney Disease

Factors That Can Promote the Formation of the Cysts:

Though we don't know the exact cause of these cysts, we know that the formation of the cysts are related to the endothelial cells of the kidneys. It is the fluid excreted by the endothelial cells that forms the cysts.

Besides, we know the disease is hereditary. However, we don't know it is which gene that causes the disease.

Factors That Will Stimulate the Growth of the Cysts:

Spicy food, such as hot pepper, mustard and garlic will stimulate the growth of the cysts in the kidneys.

Liquor, especially white spirit will promote the the rapid growth of the cysts.

What Should Patients with PKD Do?

Patients with PKD should control the growth of the cysts by inactivating the endothelial cells. If the endothelial cells are inactivated, the fluid will not be excreted. And then the cysts will not grow, which will not damage the kidneys. If so, patients will live a comfortable life. Externally used herbal medicine treatment (Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy) can help patients inactivate the endothelial cells.

To control the growth of the cysts, patients should get rid of drinking or eating irritant food.

Apart from medical treatment and healthy diet, patients should get rid of strenuous exercise in case of the rupture of the cysts.

If patients can do these things well, they are more likely to keep away from kidney impairment caused by the cyst enlargement. Though there is no specific for patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease, patients can live a normal life like average people.

What are the Side Effects of PKD

Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of hereditary disease, so it always present in the whole family, and unfortunately, there is still no cure for PKD.

First these cysts will cause many complication of the patients, the following are some common ones that are caused by PKD.

1. Loss of kidney function to kidney failure

Progressive loss of kidney function is one of the most serious complications of polycystic kidney disease. Generally the patients will step into kidney failure stage in their 50s if no treatments are intervened.

2. High blood pressure

Elevated blood pressure is a very common complication of polycystic kidney disease. If high blood pressure can't be well controlled, it will cause further damage to the kidneys and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke of the patients.

3. Cysts of other organs, like liver, pancreas, Ovary, lung, etc.

4. Kidney stones It is another common complication of PKD. Sometimes the patients will feel great pain, due to the kidney stones, and the kidney cysts. The patients should adopt a right method to remove the stones, and relive the pain. Don't try those ways which would cause damage to the kidneys, or it will accelerate the kidney damage process.

How Long Can People with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Live

how long can a person with PKD live on earth?

First, I would like to explain that PKD is a hereditary disease and it is possible for us to stop it from appearing, but we can do something to delay its occurrence or control its development. Then how long a person with PKD can live on earth? Actually, it is difficult for us to tell the exact answer, because the survival time of a person with PKD has close relationship with the severity of their disease and their treatment. That is to say, if people with PKD receive effective treatment as early as possible, then it is quite possible for them to live a full life with PKD.

PKD is a genetic disease, so once you found one of your family members has this disease, and then you should go to do examination to find out whether you have this disease as well. Moreover, even if you are diagnosed with PKD, you should not be anxious and worried as some people with PKD may have no symptoms throughout their life. Thereby if you are also in this case, then it is not necessary for you to receive treatment. However, for some people with PKD, their cysts may enlarge at a very high speed and then run to end stage of renal failure. Under this circumstance, if people do not receive any treatment, they usually can not live a long time.

Treating Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

I Operation only focus on symptoms, ignores the fundamental causes. Both drainage and pressure relief treatment point at the cysts with lager size, and have nothing to do with the small ones. Moreover, when the inter pressure is reduced, the small cysts will grow dramatically without the previous pressing. Then the patients will fell into a loop, cysts grow with the relief of pressure, and damage of kidney is aggravated along with application of drainage.

II Nephrectomy: Apart from the high expenditure of it, it may also arouse serious consequence. Firstly, as nephrectomy is a major operation, it is really a challenge for the patients’ endurance that has already been exhausted by PKD. Secondly, PKD is a hereditary disease, abundance of one kidney may not stop the damage to the other kidney. What’s worse, it may make renal functions of the preserved kidney decline rapidly.

III Kidney Transplant：First of all, the expenditure is not affordable to most of patients. Then, the patients may have to wait a quite long time for the right kidney source, but few of patients are lucky enough to wait till the day comes. Last but not the least, rejection after the transplant is a big concern, which may bring death.

IV Effects of Assistant Drug: For example, converting enzyme inhibitor is a widely used among the patients with PKD, for Hypertension is a common complication for those patients. Though it has a good effect to control the blood pressure, it also brings damage to the kidney. Especially for those have big kidneys, converting enzyme inhibitor may cause severe renal hemorrhage and sharp decline of renal function, and even shock, which threatens the patients’ lives. Besides, long-term application of these drugs will cause drug-resistance, bringing irreversible damage to liver.

What Are the Defects of Operation Treating Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

I Operation only focus on symptoms, ignores the fundamental causes. Both drainage and pressure relief treatment point at the cysts with lager size, and have nothing to do with the small ones. Moreover, when the inter pressure is reduced, the small cysts will grow dramatically without the previous pressing. Then the patients will fell into a loop, cysts grow with the relief of pressure, and damage of kidney is aggravated along with application of drainage.

II Nephrectomy: Apart from the high expenditure of it, it may also arouse serious consequence. Firstly, as nephrectomy is a major operation, it is really a challenge for the patients’ endurance that has already been exhausted by PKD. Secondly, PKD is a hereditary disease, abundance of one kidney may not stop the damage to the other kidney. What’s worse, it may make renal functions of the preserved kidney decline rapidly.

III Kidney Transplant：First of all, the expenditure is not affordable to most of patients. Then, the patients may have to wait a quite long time for the right kidney source, but few of patients are lucky enough to wait till the day comes. Last but not the least, rejection after the transplant is a big concern, which may bring death.

IV Effects of Assistant Drug: For example, converting enzyme inhibitor is a widely used among the patients with PKD, for Hypertension is a common complication for those patients. Though it has a good effect to control the blood pressure, it also brings damage to the kidney. Especially for those have big kidneys, converting enzyme inhibitor may cause severe renal hemorrhage and sharp decline of renal function, and even shock, which threatens the patients’ lives. Besides, long-term application of these drugs will cause drug-resistance, bringing irreversible damage to liver.

Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Due to renal parenchymal damage, patients may feel continuous bursting pain at bilateral renal area. It can also be accompanied by hypertension, hematuria and less urine etc. In later stage of Polycystic Kidney Disease, the disease develops fast. If not controlled, it can develop to Renal Failure and Uremia stage in short time.
There are good therapies both in western medicine and Chinese medicine.
In the early stage of PKD, patients have no symptom and the damage to the around renal tissues is not serious, so patients need no special treatment. Just do regular test to observe the condition. If the cysts continue to enlarge and cause renal parenchymal damage, proper treatment is needed.
In Chinese medicine, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the most suitabletreatment method for PKD until now. The Chinese medicine are micronized into one thousandths of its original size. With the action of the microwave, the medicine can arrive directly into the renal lesions through skin and channels on the back. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it can improve the microcirculation and the state of ischemia and anoxia. The permeability of the cyst walls will be increased and the cyst liquid will gradually be discharged out with blood circulation. After the cysts are shrunk, the pressure on the renal tissues will be reduced and the renal function will be better.
Western medicine treatment for PKD.
Apart from using western medicine to control the complications such as hypertension and infection, the most important method is surgery. Under the guidance of ultrasound and CT, the doctor can practice centesis to pumping the cyst liquid out and inject firming agent. Before the surgery, patients have to control the infection until the disease condition becomes stable.

How to Prevent PKD from Deteriorating into Kidney Failure

1. Find the disease as early as possible.

If one has PKD, there are much possibility that other family members having this disease, because PKD is a kind of genetic disease. If one of the parents has PKD, the possibility of heredity for their child is 50%, and if both of the parents have PKD, the possibility of heredity is 70% with which the next generation will get the same disease. Therefore, when there is somebody being detected with the disease, other family members should have a check as soon as possible. The other way is to have the DNA test for the fetus.

2. Treatment for complications.

Hypertension, urinary infection, rupture of cysts are all the common complications of PKD, and they are also the inducing agents for the aggravation of kidney lesions, so prevention and treatment should be provided timely. Medicines with nephrotoxicity should be avoided, and when there are abnormal manifestations such as long-term hematuria, serious low back pain and abdominal pain, the patients should go to hospital in time in case of delaying the best chance for treatment and the deterioration into kidney failure.

3. Nursing at home.

Since PKD and kidney failure are chronic diseases, they are easily influenced by fluctuation of emotion, overstrain, unhealthy diet and trauma, etc. Therefore, Patients with PKD especially when they are in the stage of kidney failure, they need to cooperate with the treatment at home in many aspects, including the nursing, diet as well as the emotion.

How Long Can People with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Live

First, I would like to explain that PKD is a hereditary disease and it is possible for us to stop it from appearing, but we can do something to delay its occurrence or control its development. Then how long a person with PKD can live on earth? Actually, it is difficult for us to tell the exact answer, because the survival time of a person with PKD has close relationship with the severity of their disease and their treatment. That is to say, if people with PKD receive effective treatment as early as possible, then it is quite possible for them to live a full life with PKD.

PKD is a genetic disease, so once you found one of your family members has this disease, and then you should go to do examination to find out whether you have this disease as well. Moreover, even if you are diagnosed with PKD, you should not be anxious and worried as some people with PKD may have no symptoms throughout their life. Thereby if you are also in this case, then it is not necessary for you to receive treatment. However, for some people with PKD, their cysts may enlarge at a very high speed and then run to end stage of renal failure. Under this circumstance, if people do not receive any treatment, they usually can not live a long time.