How to Treat Enlarged Kidney

How to treat enlarged kidney? Enlarged kidney refers to a kind of kidney abnormality in which kidney is larger than the its normal size. Enlarged kidney may imply serious kidney problem and progress to kidney failure directly if left alone. Therefore, getting enlarged kidney treated effectively is very important. Well, the problem is how to treat enlarged kidney?

To get enlarged kidney treated successfully and prevent further health problems, we need to found out the root cause of enlarged kidney firstly and then take actions. In clinic, many conditions can cause enlargement of kidney and the most common cause for an enlarged kidney include Polycystic Kidney Disease, Hydronephrosis, Pyonephrosis and Kidney Tumor. Here, we mainly introduce how to treat enlarged kidney due to Polycystic Kidney Disease and hydronephrosis.

How to treat enlarged kidney due to Polycystic kidney Disease?

Polycystic Kidney Disease causes kidney enlargement through increasing kidney cysts which enlarge over time. These kidney cysts put extra pressure on surrounding kidney tissues, leading to the inability of them in functioning. Without effective treatment, more and more kidney cysts are formed and they may take up the whole kidney and even the whole enterocoelia finally.

To get enlarged kidney associated with Polycystic Kidney Disease treated well, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is needed. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is an innovation of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and it treats Polycystic Kidney Disease by shrinking kidney cysts. Effective ingredients in micro-Chinese medicines make pressure difference between inside the kidney cyst and outside the kidney cyst and thus allow cystic fluid seep out. When cysts in kidney get smaller, kidney size gets smaller and enlarged kidney gets treated.

How to treat enlarged kidney due to hydronephrosis?

Hydronephrosis is another cause of enlarged kidney and can be caused by an obstruction like a structural abnormality or stones at the place where the kidney meets the ureter. For hydronephrosis, surgery is usually needed. And for kidney stone, surgery is a treatment option, but it is no the only treatment method. Aside from surgery, some Chinese medicines also can be applied. These medicines show different effects and treat kidney stone in different ways. Also, people with kidney stone in different size and location need to receive different treatment method.

Kidney enlargement is just a clinical manifestation and can be caused by so many conditions, so for patients, it is of great importance to found out the cause firstly and then take corresponding treatment methods.