Patient's question:
Recently, my appetite has been poor, and I've been experiencing some swelling in my body. I feel weak all over. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they said it was kidney disease. Could you please tell me the differences between the differential diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease and multiple renal cysts?Doctor's answer:
Polycystic kidney disease is generally a factor related to intergenerational inheritance, and it is prone to recur in polycystic liver, meaning the probability of developing liver cysts is very high. It will never occur solely as polycystic kidneys. If multiple renal cysts are present, it is necessary to consider chronic irritation damage, which could be caused by inflammatory stimulation, in addition to being related to individual constitution. Multiple cystic protrusions need to be evaluated based on previous results. If they were normal before, then it could be considered as multiple renal cysts.