What is bilateral polycystic kidney

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My neighbor Uncle Zhang felt abdominal distension in the front, accompanied by paroxysmal lightning like headache. His blood pressure was as high as 190 / 140 mmHg, which was getting worse. The hospital makes retrograde kidney Meng radiography, diagnose for bilateral polycystic kidney, so what is bilateral polycystic kidney? Let's get to know.

What is bilateral polycystic kidney

First: lumbar discomfort or pain. Waist or abdominal pain is the most common symptom in patients with polycystic kidney disease, which is caused by the enlargement of kidney and cyst. With the increase of age and cyst, the symptoms become more obvious, especially in women. If the pain in patients with polycystic kidney disease suddenly intensifies, the most likely cause is intracapsular hemorrhage or secondary infection. Chronic pain is usually caused by enlarged kidney or cyst, pulling renal capsule and renal pedicle, and compressing adjacent organs.

Second: kidney enlargement. The number of kidneys in patients with polycystic kidney disease is 56 times larger than that in normal people. The early stage of renal enlargement can only be found by imaging examination, and the severe cases can be found by abdominal palpation. In addition, the degree of renal cyst enlargement in male patients was higher than that in female patients.

Third: hematuria. More than 90% of patients with polycystic kidney disease will have hematuria, which is usually manifested as microscopic hematuria or gross hematuria. It is spontaneous and often occurs after strenuous exercise or infection. Hematuria often occurs periodically, with an interval of several months or years. In addition to causing kidney pain, massive hematuria sometimes causes urinary tract obstruction. The causes of hematuria include cyst, blood vessel rupture, stone and infection Dyeing, etc.

matters needing attention

In life, we must pay attention to eating habits, do not overeat, once found symptoms to the first time to the hospital for examination and treatment, at the same time with the doctor treatment, polycystic kidney patients in the treatment must pay attention to health care.