Patient's question:
Recently, my appetite has been poor, and I've also noticed some swelling in my body. I feel completely exhausted. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they said it was kidney disease. How can I tell if a kidney cyst has ruptured?Doctor's answer:
Simple renal cysts often recur in adulthood, usually without clinical diagnostic symptoms and do not interfere with kidney function, although they occasionally cause hematuria and require treatment. The majority of patients are accidentally discovered during ultrasound or CT scans. After a renal cyst rupture, it is clear that hematuria symptoms will reappear, but the occurrence of hematuria is not necessarily caused by a renal cyst. Therefore, we should examine whether there is swelling or pain in the waist or back. If hematuria is accompanied by waist swelling and pain, it indicates that the kidney function is normal. The cyst has ruptured.