Detriment of Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic kidney Disease (PKD) is a kind of hereditary kidney disease which characterized with several cysts at renal cortex and renal medulla. There is a misperception among many patients with PKD that they consider this disease is not as severe as other kinds of nephropathy and the damage of it is no more than the extra cysts at the kidney. In fact, it is absolutely wrong. Though the early symptoms of it seem to be too mild to cause obvious discomforts, the detriment of Polycystic Kidney Disease would not be reversed without timely treatment, and it may even develop to Uremia.
Therefore, what are the detriments of Polycystic Kidney Disease on earth?
I Along with the expansion of the cysts, the cysts will squeeze renal resident cells, causing the detriment of renal functions.
II If the development of cyst is allowed, the cysts will become bigger and bigger, and among those patients with the age over 40 years old, it is commonly seen that the cysts have grown into a size more than 4cm. Due to the stretching of those heavy cysts, the kidney will fall down from the previous position, causing various detriments, such as backache, compression of nerve and other organs.
III When the cysts have grown to rupture, the fluid in the cysts is quite easily to induce various infections, which may contribute to the occurrence of other complications, such as sepsis and Acute Renal Failure.
IV Without effective treatment, the detriments of PKD will gradually involve the entire renal units, consequently, the disease will develop into the end stage of nephropathy-End Stage Renal Failure, and there will be little possibility to recover for the patients.

Therefore, in addition to the daily nursing and scientific diet, timely and effective treatment is the fundamental to prevent the detriments of Polycystic Kidney Disease, like the occurrence of Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Renal Failure, and protect the patients from the threatening of Uremia.