Is There Any Cure for PKD

At present, there is no cure for PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), but fortunately we can stop it progressing to kidney failure through medical treatment.

PKD is a hereditary kidney problem, which mean it is pass on from generation to generation. In most of the cases, Polycystic Kidney Disease brings symptoms when patients in their 20s and the common clinical manifestations include flank pain, kidney growth, blood urine, protein urine and high blood pressure and so on. These abnormal conditions make patients uncomfortable and also as they can worsen our kidney condition, some medications usually are prescribed to control these symptoms. However, as these medicines are only effective in remitting symptoms and fail to prevent further kidney damages, PKD finally progressive to kidney failure.

PKD is a medical condition in which there are countless fluid-filled cysts. These cysts surrounding renal tissues and make them unable in working, so with the enlargement of kidney cyst, more and more renal tissues will be damaged and consequently, kidney function decreases progressively. Actually, although there is no cure for PKD, it is entirely possible for us to stop it before it progresses to kidney failure. We know PKD progresses because more and more renal tissues are oppressed by enlarging growing cysts. Therefore, as long as we stop kidney cyst from enlarging, no renal tissues will be damaged and also no further kidney damages will be caused.

Kidney cyst in PKD enlarge as more and more fluids are secreted by cystic wall, so as long as we reduce cystic fluids, cyst will stop enlarging. For the effective reduce of cystic wall, Chinese medicines can be adopted. Through increasing permeability of cystic wall and improve the blood circulation of blood flow, fluids inside the cyst ooze into blood vessels and then discharged easily. In this way, enlargement of cyst in PKD can be stopped successfully. Therefore, even if there is no cure for PKD, we should be confident because we can live a better life if medical treatment is suitable and timely.