How to Alleviate Flank Pain in Kidney Cyst

Kidney Cyst may cause flank pain, especially when cyst enlarge to certain size. With drastic flank pain, patients are unable to focus on what they are doing and also, they may have to keep awake because of this uncomfortable feeling. Since flank pain caused by kidney cyst is so troublesome, how to remit it becomes a hot topic among patients. Well then, what can we do to alleviate this symptom at all?

To know the answer clearly, we need to find out how is flank pain caused by kidney cyst:

1. Kidney cyst enlarges and oppresses nerves in renal capsule.

If flank pain occurs because of enlarged cyst, shrinking cyst will be the key point to alleviate drastic pain in kidney. At present, there are two methods to deal with large cysts in kidney and they are surgery and Chinese medicine.

Surgery is the most commonly used method to manage kidney cyst and it works through cutting off cyst. This method is effective, but risky as patients catch infection easily during surgery. Even worse, surgery is painful, because of which, many patients choose not to do surgery.

Chinese medicine is an alternative method to treat kidney cyst. It is safer and more comfortable. Therefore, it is more favorable among kidney cyst patients. But compared with surgery, Chinese medicine needs a longer time to show treatment effects.

No matter which method that kidney cyst patients choose, as long as there is no oppression on nerves in renal capsule, flank pain disappears.

2. Flank pain occurs because of kidney infection

Kidney infection also causes flank pain, and it occurs easily when kidney cyst ruptures. If flank pain appears because of kidney infection and there is no cyst rupture, some antibiotics will be enough. However, if kidney infection is caused by rupture of kidney cyst, go to doctor immediately. Rupture of kidney cyst is always companied by blood urine which usually disappears within one week if ruptured cyst grow inside the kidney. But if the cyst unfortunately grow in the outer part of kidney, peritonities may be caused and under such a condition, surgery needs to be done as soon as possible.

In kidney cyst, flank pain is just one of the signs for us to know there is abnormality in kidney and it should not be the target for us to go to the doctor. Since flank pain appears because of kidney cyst, treatment should starts with kidney cyst.