Frequent Cyst Ruptures in PKD

When cyst in Polycystic Kidney Disease grows to some certain size, frequent cyst ruptures may become patients’ one big headache. With ruptured kidney cysts, PKD patients are more likely to suffer from frequent or painful urination, sharp back pain, blood urine or more severe complications.

Causes of frequent cyst ruptures in PKD

According to clinic research, the sac fluid in PKD cyst is urine. Generally, cystic lining epithelial cells are responsible for secreting fluid to enlarge PKD cyst. With patients’ age, more and more cysts, sometimes up to several hundreds, will develop in kidneys and become larger and larger.

When some of these cysts are bigger than 4cm, they might come under pressure from their surrounding organs. This can lead to cyst rupture easily. In addition, a knock or a trauma around the kidney area is a another cause.

How to manage frequent cyst ruptures in PKD?

From the above analysis, we can know cysts’ big size is the root cause of this problem. If we want to prevent further cyst ruptures, avoiding a knock in the kidney area and shrinking PKD cysts is a must. Based on this requirement, we give the following suggestions.

- Don’t do strenuous exercise: If you have big PKD cysts, strenuous sports such as football and basketball, bending movement and stretches are some exercises that you need to avoid.

- Protect your abdomen all the time: Kidneys are located in abdomen. With sac-fluid cysts, any knock may cause cyst rupture. Therefore, protect your abdomen.

- Take correct kidney treatment: Keeping your cyst in the small size is the currently best way to stop frequent cyst burst. Now, more and more PKD patients prefer to use natural remedies like Micro-Chinese Medicine to shrink their cysts instead of surgery. You can choose a best treatment with doctors’ help.

Besides the above three methods, a healthy diet can also help treat Polycystic Kidney Disease. For example, vitamin B3, soy protein and omega-3 fatty acid are proven to be good for slowing down the progression of PKD. If you haven’t developed a healthy diet plan or you want to know more about natural treatment for PKD, you can leave a message or send email to kidneycares@hotmail.com, and we are glad to share our suggestions with you.