PKD, PKD Stage 4, GFR 16

Illness description: my daughter has polycystic kidney disease. Her GFR is now 16. Cysts are throughout the kidneys and liver at this time. Her blood pressure is okay....she is on a low dose of Diovan. She now has to have 5 root canals done on her teeth before they will consider a transplant. We are waiting to see if Medicare will cover that cost and if not, we will have to find a dentist that does not accept medicare patients. No other changes other than her being anemic, which she has been for quite sometime.
Treatments for PKD
Firstly, before knowing how to treat cysts, you should know how can you have the cyst. as we know, PKD is a genetic disease, but why not 100% people with the genes have the disease? The main reason is the poor immunity that virus enter your body and cause inflammation, thus inducing the cysts. Cysts grow on the connecting position of kidney tubules and collecting ducts for there is hyperplasia. More and more cells will block the tubules, thus leading the retention of urine, forming cysts. With the enlargement of cysts, there is state of ischemia and anoxia. then renal cells will be damaged and kidney function will decrease. Patients will have some symptoms like blood urine, waist pain and so on.
Secondly, after knowing the causes clearly, there are three aspects for treatment.
1. block inflammation. there are many western and Chinese medicines can block the inflammation, thus stop the aggravation of cysts.
2. shrink and disappear the cysts. The cyst wall are blood vessels. We should apply medicines to improve blood circulation of the cyst wall, which can improve the permeability. then cyst fluid will flow out smoothly and discharge with blood circulation.
3. improve renal function. we must apply treatment for improving renal function or repairing the damaged kidney cells in case the relapse of the disease.
In addition, you should know that there are only 10% renal units have the cyst, so there are great hope for treating the disease. Don't worry, you know, PKD is not only the disease of cyst, but a whole body disease. we also suggest the treatment for improving immunity. After a systematic treatment, the disease can be treated.
Finally, there are many medicines for inflammation. Because we have not seen your daughter, we can not tell you the specific medicines. As for her anemia, if the symptoms can not be controlled, she can try inject EPO. The above are the treating suggestions.