Red Blood Cells in Urine and Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic Kidney Disease is a kind of hereditary disease where many fluid-filled cysts are formed in the kidneys. It is quite common for patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease do not have any symptoms. However, in most cases, symptoms develop at some point. The first sign is red blood cells in urine, which can also be called hematuria, which may come and go.

Why red blood cells in urine occur?

For Polycystic Kidney Disease patients, if there are red blood cells in urine (hematuria), it means one or more cysts are bleeding from time to time. It might be also caused by high blood pressure of Polycystic Kidney Patients. High blood pressure can lead to the rupture of capillaries around the cysts. About half of patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease will present red blood cells in urine, whose blood shows the color of pink, scarlet, or the color of cola.

What red blood cells in urine can lead to?

Once patients present red blood cells in urine, they are very easy to get infection of abdominal cavity. As a result, a series of severe symptoms like high fever, the whole body swelling, a sharp decline of kidney functions will present. The more red blood cells in urine (hematuria) present, the higher the risk of developing End Stage Renal Failure (ESRD).

What should we do if red blood cells in urine occur?

In order to controlling the symptoms and complications red blood cells in urine as much as possible, we should do from the following aspects:

1. Prevent from getting infections such as getting a cold, pharyngitis and so on.
2. Keep blood sugar in control: try to control it under 135/85mmhg.

3. Take proper treatment to dilating blood vessels and improve blood circulation. Here Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, China is recommended.


So, it is not that horrible if red bloods in urine occur for patients of Polycystic Kidney Disease. If they can take proper treatment (Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the best), the symptoms can be alleviated.