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4. PKD Causes Other Complications

PKD can lead to health complications including high blood pressure, extensive pain, bladder or kidney infections, blood in the urine, kidney failure, and aneurysms. Diet and exercise can help control high blood pressure in conjunction with OTC medications. Bladder or kidney infections require antibiotics. Blood in the urine, another possible symptom, may be treated by drinking lots of water to dilute the urine, preventing clots from forming in the urinary tract. In a few rare cases, PKD has caused aneurysms in people with a family history of these weak spots in blood vessels.

complications of kidney cysts

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