Is Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Serious?

Is Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) serious? When talking about this question, the answers can be got is yes or no. We say ‘yes’ because Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) can not be cured completely due to its gene problem, and we say ‘no’ because Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) can be controlled and treated effectively through effective treatment.
Traditionally, no treatment or medicine is offered to treat the disease except medication for high blood pressure or infection, etc. Therefore, the cysts keep enlarging all the time, and as a result, the disease is progressing all the time and kidney function also keeps declining. Finally, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) will get into end stage and patients have to accept dialysis or kidney transplant in this period. This is the main reason why people always think this disease is too serious.
However, if the cysts enlargement can be stopped or controlled, the disease may not get into end stage and patients also do not need dialysis or kidney transplant in their life. We all know that cysts enlargement is the main reason that causes kidney damage and kidney function decline for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) patients, so the key of the treatment should also be started with the cysts. When cysts enlargement is stopped, the pressure they produce to surrounding kidney tissue also does not increase, so the further progression of kidney damage can be stopped. What’s more, if cysts can become smaller, the pressure on surrounding kidney tissue will also be reduced, and then the condition of renal ischemia and anoxia can be relived, thus improving kidney condition to a certain degree.
From the above it is easy to find that Polycystic Kidney Disease is not so terrible is proper treatment on cysts can be found, and what is necessary for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) patients is trying to find a treatment that can solve the problem of cysts or at least the treatment can be helpful to stop the cysts enlargement.