Should I Be Alert about 1.7cm Kidney Cyst?

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1.7cm kidney cyst is not large, so in many cases, patients are told not to worry about it. Kidney cyst 1.7cm is not large, it indeed causes no damages to our kidney in a short term. However, it does not mean we can leave kidney cyst alone, as it may affect our kidney someday in future.

Kidney cyst refers to the fluid collection in the kidney and can be divided into different types in clinic. With the increase of fluid in cyst, kidney cyst may become larger and larger. In many cases, kidney cyst does not enlarge over time, so it causes no threaten to our health. However, in many cases, kidney cyst becomes extremely large and therefore damage our renal tissues. Just like a human, renal tissue needs nutrition and oxygen. However, once renal tissue is oppressed seriously, it fails to get enough nutrition timely, as a result of which, it lose its ability to function. Our kidney is composed of a great number of renal tissues and only when a small group of renal tissues are damaged, kidney function keep being normal owing to the great renal compensation. However, when kidney cyst becomes very large, much more renal tissues will be oppressed and consequently, kidney function decreases.

Kidney cyst 1.7 cm is not large enough to affect our kidney function, so we need not to worry about at present. However, to prevent the potential kidney damages, we must keep it under observation, so as to know whether it is enlarging over time. If it does not increases at all and meanwhile we have no any discomforts, we need not to worry about it. And if it indeed enlarges as time goes by, we must stop it from enlarging or remove it effectively within a short term, otherwise, we will be at high risk of developing chronic kidney problem and kidney failure.

Besides, for some elders who are over the age of 50s, they are more likely to develop kidney cyst than young people. In these cases, kidney cysts usually cause no influence to the kidney function, so no medical treatment is needed and patients need not to worry about it.

Lastly, although kidney cyst 1.7cm is not very large, we must attach enough more important to it so as to prevent the possible damages.