How long can I live once I am diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)?
Many patients frequently consult us about this question on line. In fact, there
is no a specific answer to this question for it is up to when and what the
treatment the patients receive.
As a genetic kidney disease, there is no effective PKD treatment in the
conventional therapies. The patients just treat its symptoms caused by the
disease such as high blood pressure, pain, hematuria and so on. However, those
therapies can not treat the fundamental causes of PKD so it can not prevent the
decline in renal function at all. What’s worse, with the disease progression, it
will cause a series of complications such as urinary tract infection, anemia,
and cysts in other organs and so on. The ineffective treatments and
complications will certainly accelerate the aggravation of kidney damage. Some
researches show that about half of patients with PKD will end with End Stage
Renal Failure, which will definitely reduce the life expectancy of patients with
PKD. Therefore, an early standard treatment is very important and necessary for
patients with PKD to prolong their life expectancy.
For patients with PKD, it is the key to shrink the enlarged cysts and repair
the damaged renal function. Micro-Chinese Medicines Osmotherapy plays its
important role on this point.
Micro-Chinese Medicines Osmotherapy is different from the traditional
oral-taken Chinese medicines. It is an external therapy so it avoids the
shortcomings of traditional oral-taken medicines such as irritation to stomach,
difficult absorption and so on. After the medicines are permeated into kidney
lesions, they can restrain the cyst fluid secretion of endothelial cells of
cysts so as to prevent the cysts enlargement. Moreover, Chinese medicines can
improve the permeability of cyst wall and blood circulation so the cyst fluid
can flow into blood and finally be brought into urine and discharged out of
body. As a result, the cysts will shrink gradually and even may disappear. In
addition, Chinese medicines can provide some nutrients for repairing the damaged
renal intrinsic cells so as to improve the renal function greatly. However, if
the renal intrinsic cells are totally necrotic, Micro-Chinese Medicines are
useless for that part of cells. Therefore, the patients should receive treatment
as early as possible so as to preserve their renal function to the biggest
extent.
If the patients can improve their renal function and preserve their renal
function effectively, they will certainly be able to prolong their life
expectancy greatly.