Pain Management in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

A suffering problem Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) can cause is pains, which can be acute or chronic. Pain management is one thing patients with PKD should learn to cope with. And in this passage, we will mainly focus on this topic.

In Polycystic Kidney Disease, actually there are several medical conditions that will cause pains to the patients, with each requiring different methods of management:

First, pains in PKD can be caused by hematuria, or blood in urine. The blood clots that will be passed and go through the tubes that lead from the kidney to the blood, can produce acute pains. In this condition, people have an aching pain in the back and pass either gross blood or clots which can go away after a few days. Management of the symptom is the same as that of any other acute kind of pain, mostly with analgesics or other medications as is prescribed by the doctor.

Second cause of pains is stones. About 20 percent patients with PKD may pass stones. The stones are particularly made of uric acid. When a patient gets dehydrated and dry the uric acid concentrates and causes stones. If this happens, the patients can also experience severe pains. The management requires adequate intake of water( if no renal function decline) and restriction of purine content foods such as seafoods, meat, etc to help the discharge or stop formation of kidney stones.

In addition, if large peripheral cysts are present, they can compress and expand adjacent tissues and cause pains. Occasionally, large peripheral cysts can rupture and lead, which can cause acute abdominal pains that can go through your back. If the cysts press the ureter, the flow of urine can be obstructed, which usually causes a more dull and constant pain that goes through your backs.

For people who suffer from Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), the management of pains will firstly need to make sure of the underlying cause. It is necessary to be obstructed and treated under an expert doctor, and keep your condition under observation so as to prevent pains or relieve pains from bothering you.