About Simple Kidney Cyst

Simple Kidney Cyst is the most common type of kidney cyst and has no risk of becoming a kidney cancer. Simple kidney cyst is usually diagnosed when there is on or several cysts that are filled with yellow fluids in kidney. These cysts may enlarge or not over time and in cases of enlarged kidney cyst, kidney failure can be caused, so once being diagnosed with simple kidney cyst, patients should pay close observation to their cyst so as to find out whether they are enlarging.

Simple kidney cyst usually causes no symptoms, but if the cyst enlarge over time, they may lead to kidney pain, kidney infection, blood urine, foamy urine and many other symptoms. In such a cases, treatment should be adopted to deal with it.

Compared with children, adult, especially elders are more likely to suffer from simple kidney cyst. According to clinical survey, about a half of people with age over 50 have kidney cyst and the morbidity of simple kidney cyst among elders with age over 70 is as high 90%. In many cases, these cysts grow slowly and have slightly influence on kidney function, so no medical treatment is needed in these cases. But, in rare cases, cyst is very large (usually larger than 4cm) or enlarge quickly and under such a condition, medical treatment should be given as soon as possible so as to avoid further kidney problem.

Chinese medicines and surgery are the two commonly used method for managing simple kidney cyst. Surgery cuts off kidney cyst directly. It is effective, but painful and risky. Therefore, many people prefer Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is a natural remedy for simple kidney cyst. It is painless and safe, but compared with surgery, it works slowly. Even though, to avoid painful surgery, many simple kidney cyst patients choose Chinese medicines.

Many patients worry about whether simple kidney cyst is cancerous. Actually, as long as we follow a healthy dietary habits and live a regular lifestyle, the possibility that simple kidney cyst causes kidney cancer is very lower.

Diet for simple kidney cyst varies from individual to individual because of differences of illness condition. So if you want to know the diet that suitable for you, you can leave message to us and we are glad to help you.