Polycystic Kidney Disease, as a congenital disease, has regularity in its
development. We conclude from statistics that there are five different periods
when PKD develops.
1. Emergence Period
PKD is a congenital disease. Usually, once a child is born, he or she has
already carried the cyst which is comparatively small and difficult to be
observed. Generally, patients can hardly find they have PKD before their
twenties. And the person who has relatives with PKD should have physical
examination as early as possible to check if they have the same disease. If the
answer is ‘Yes’, close observation and elaborate nursing care is needed.
2. Growth Period
This period has the feature of rapid growth, usually in the sufferer’s
thirties or forties. In medical community, this period is called Growth Period.
Intensive observation is necessary in this stage because of the high-speed
development of those cysts. So far, Western Medicine community is incapable of
treating the root cause of PKD in growth period. The treatment which seems
passive can only treat symptoms like hypertension. By comparison, Traditional
Chinese Medical Treatment that aims to promote blood circulation and remove
blood stasis is preferable, because it can achieve the goal of stopping or
delaying the growth of those cysts, prolonging the sufferers’ lifetime. All in
all, this is a critical period for Traditional Chinese Medicine to delay the
growth of cysts through promoting blood circulation and removing blood
stasis.
3. Tumefaction period
Cysts are growing further after sufferers enter their forties. This period is
called Tumefaction Period lasting from the time when the cyst is more than 4 cm
in diameter to the start of Ulceration Period. With the expansion of those
cysts, such symptoms as osphyalgia, proteinuria, hematuresis and elevation of
blood pressure etc. appear. It is considered as the critical period to use
Chinese and Western combined treatment. Doctors can adopt traditional Chinese
Medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, thus achieve the
goal of protecting renal function.
4. Ulceration Period
In this period, cysts can fracture due to external cause if the cysts keep
growing. Sufferers should be hospitalized immediately after fracturing, to
actively control infection and prevent septicemia from happening, thus create a
favorable therapeutic environment for follow-up medical treatment.
5. Uremia Period
In this period, treatment is targeted on treating Uremia so as to achieve the
goal of actively protecting remaining renal function. At this point, peritoneal
dialysis or hemodialysis may be needed. For more information, please Email us
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