The Harm of Hematuria Caused by Polycystic Kidney Disease

During the early stage of the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease, the symptom of hematuria usually doesn’t appear. With the enlargement of the cysts, some of the cysts will burst and bleeding because of the increase of tension and pressure. Besides, high blood pressure and the enlargement of the kidney size are the risk factors for the bleeding of cysts and hematuria.
According to the clinical researches, there are more than 60 percent of patients who have the symptom of hematuria once or more than once.

When patients have the symptom of hematuria, there is no other symptom or there is just the symptom of abdominal pain. When the bleeding cysts are not connected with the urethra, there will be serious pain. If hematuria can’t be treated in time, it may cause various complications. So patients should pay close attention to its harm:

1, hematuria may lead to the stones of the urinary system: including kidney stones, bladder stones and the stones of urinary tract.

2, it may cause the infections of urinary system and genital system: such as pyelonephritis, nephrophthisis, cystourethritis, and prostatitis and etc.

3, hematuria may lead to the primary nephritis: including chronic and acute nephritis, focal nephritis, optimum or acute hemorrhagic nephritis.

4, it may lead to the secondary nephritis: such as purpura nephritis, lupus nephritis, and IgA nephropathy.

5, hematuria may cause the neoplasms of the urinary system and genital system: kidney neoplasms, urinary tract neoplasms, bladder neoplasms and prostate neoplasms and so on.

6, hematuria may cause the other urinary tract disease: such as nephroptosis, nephrospasia and etc.

So we must make light of the symptom of hematuria. When you have this symptom, you had better take treatment in time. Hope this information is helpful for you. If you need more information, you can send email to kidneyfailurecn@hotmail.com or contact our experts online.