What Are the Complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease

For the patients with household heredity of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), it is very necessary to grasp the knowledge of the complications of PKD. It will help them to cope with the disease gracefully when the emergency comes.
So what are the complications of Polycystic Kidney Disease?
I Infections in The Cysts: It is a common complication among the patients with PKD, especially for those whose cysts get ruptured. Then the patients will have backache and fever due to the infections, such as urinary tract infections.
II Hematuria: The presentations can be classified into microscopic hematuria and gross hematuria, the patients needn’t have both of these symptoms. This complication is a sign of severe damage of renal units, and may contribute to the occurrence of Renal Failure.
III Kidney Stone: This complication nearly follows the symptoms of backache and hematuria. Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease can not excrete urine as normal people, causing much substances store in the kidney, and then it will induce Kidney Stone.
IV Multiple Cysts of Other Organs: Without timely control, the cysts of kidney may spread into other organs. It has been proved in clinic that among the patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease who haven’t receive effective treatment before middle age, the incidence of polycystic liver is nearly 50%, and up to 70% with the age of 60s. Besides, pancreas and ovaries may be also involved by cysts.
V Except for the complications above, pyelonephritis, hypertension, portal hypertension and alveoli dysplasia for the infantile Polycystic Kidney Disease are also the common complications of PKD.

In conclusion, though with a comparably slow development, the effective and timely treatment against Polycystic Kidney Disease should be also compulsory to the patients. The aim of it is not only to prevent the complications but also to help the patients recover at an early date.