Treatment of Hematuria in Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic Kidney Disease patients are very often to experience hematuria, gross hematuria in most cases. Hematuria, also called blood in urine, is a phenomenon that red blood cells are presented in urine. Chinese herbs can treat it effectively without surgery.

Why Polycystic Kidney Disease patients experience hematuria?

Two factors can lead to hematuria for PKD patients. The first one is the cyst rupture. Nearly every patient with PKD will suffer from cyst rupture even without provocation. Generally speaking, when the cysts are 3cm larger in diameter, they have the chance of rupture and bleeding. When the cysts bleed, some red blood cells will go out of body into the urine. That is why hematuria occurs. By the way, when the cysts rupture, patients will also suffer from fever, shiver and infection, which need treatment immediately. The other reason is the damage of glomeruli and renal tubules. If the cysts continue to grow, they will surely cause damage on kidney units. When they are damaged, the red blood cells will leak from the filtration membrane, without reabsorption by the renal tubules. Thus, patients will find gross hematuria.

What is the treatment of hematuria in Polycystic Kidney Disease?

In most patients, the hemostatics will be prescribed to deal with hematuria. However, the hematuria will back in a short period. The medicines are necessary directed by your doctors. Besides, patients should clear the root. Chinese herbs are recommended to treat hematuria caused by Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Chinese herbs can shrink the cysts by inactivating the epithelial cells and speeding up the blood circulation. Also, Chinese herbs can repair the damaged filtration membrane by dilating blood cells and clear the wastes accumulated in the membrane. Also, Chinese herbs will provide enough nutrition for the repair of kidney damage. In this way, hematuria will go away naturally.