Treatment of kidney cyst
Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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Small cysts are usually treated by sclerotherapy - the introduction of a special needle into the cyst of the sclerosing agent. With large cysts and various complications, two types of surgical intervention are used: with the help of a cut and with the help of punctures. The possibility of performing this or that type of operation is determined by the surgeon, taking into account the patient's condition and the clinical case. If the cyst is complex and there is a possibility of developing a cancerous tumor, in this case, oncology is used to treat kidney cysts.
The kidney cyst is a benign formation that has the shape of a capsule that is filled with fluid. The exact reasons why the kidney cysts are formed are unknown to this day. Among all kidney neoplasms, the cyst is the most common disease. With age, the risk of developing cysts increases, in childhood this type of disease is extremely rare. Most often, men are affected by this type of malignancy.
The disease occurs, usually asymptomatic, the person has no specific complaints. Usually, if the cyst is large, a person can feel pain and heaviness in the side, the sensation of a foreign body inside. This is due to the fact that the increased cyst size begins to press on adjacent organs. Brightly expressed symptoms of the kidney cysts occur during complications: infection of the cyst (accompanied by fever, weakness, nausea), rupture of the cyst (due to injury or large size). Over time, an enlarged kidney cyst can cause kidney failure.
Separate the cysts into simple and complex. The formation of a complex kidney cyst increases the risk of degeneration of the tumor into a malignant form. Simple kidney cysts, as a rule, flow without pronounced signs, and treatment of a kidney cyst in this case is not required. If the cyst prevents the outflow of urine or there are other complications, then mandatory surgical intervention is necessary.
Treatment of a kidney cyst without surgery
If the size of the formation is less than 4 cm, then the treatment of the kidney cyst is not prescribed. In this case, it is recommended to observe the growth of the cyst - once every six months to undergo ultrasound and periodically visit a urologist. If the cyst does not increase in size or increases slightly, then observation can take years.
If the formation has reached a size of 6 cm, then a puncture of the cyst is prescribed. The surgeon, under ultrasound control, inserts a special needle into the cavity of the cyst and pumps out the contents, which is then sent for examination. After this, a special solution is introduced into the cyst, which leads to sclerosis of the walls of the formation (chemical burn and replacement of the connective tissue). After such a procedure, the primary urine will no longer fill the cavity of the cyst and in most cases, the cyst is not re-formed. On large cysts, drainage is installed - a thin tube inserted into the formation, over which alcohol is introduced for three days (once a day), then the drainage is removed. The advantage of this method is the possibility of carrying out under local anesthesia and without hospitalization of a person. However, in more than 30% of the cysts after such treatment are formed again.
Puncture cysts will be ineffective in multi-chamber cysts, in this case, alcohol solution does not penetrate into all chambers of the cyst and sclerotherapy of the walls of the tumor does not occur. With complex cysts, the puncture is only diagnostic.
Medication treatment of kidney cysts
Drug treatment of the kidney cyst is usually used when complications appear, as symptomatic treatment: high blood pressure, pain, inflammation in the kidney, etc. Today there are no special medicines for the treatment of cysts. If an infectious inflammation has begun in the cyst or kidney, medical treatment (antibiotics) is combined with surgical treatment. If the cyst itself does not cause great concern to a person, it is recommended to visit the urologist on a regular basis and perform ultrasound twice a year , sometimes a doctor can prescribe a computer tomography.
Treatment of kidney cyst by alternative means
In the event that the kidney cyst does not need urgent surgical treatment, but it causes some inconvenience, it is possible to treat the kidney cyst by alternative methods.
Alternative medicine should be taken much longer than traditional medicines, but with the right approach to treatment, small kidney neoplasms completely pass. The best alternative to cysts is a small cyst - up to 5 cm, which does not lead to significant violations of the outflow of urine and blood circulation. Alternative medicine can significantly reduce the size of the tumor, thereby avoiding surgical intervention.
With a cyst on the kidney or stones, a decoction of rose hips helps well. For the preparation of a medicinal drink, the ground roots of the plant - 2 tbsp. Spoons that pour 500 ml of boiling water and boil for about an hour (for cooking it is best to use enameled dishes). At the end of an hour, the broth should be well wrapped and allowed to infuse for about three hours, then drain and can be consumed. To take broth of a dogrose it is necessary on a glass 3 - 4 times a day, between meal. A month later, there will be relief. It is worth remembering that the dog rose is extremely harmful to tooth enamel. To reduce the harmful effects, you can use a tube.
Herbal treatment of kidney cysts
Treatment of the kidney cyst with the help of herbs can be used as an independent method of treatment or as an adjunct to the basic, with the permission of the doctor. In the treatment of kidneys, alternative medicine uses such herbs: yarrows, burdock leaves, chamomile, St. John's wort, dog rose, calendula. It is also possible to use the fruits of cranberries, mountain ash for cooking tinctures.
For the preparation of decoctions and tinctures, water (usually boiling water) is mainly used. For the preparation of tinctures, use an alcohol base, usually vodka. Some types of infusions can be added to tea. A known method of alternative treatment of the kidney cyst is an ordinary green tea, in which you need to add milk and honey (not less than one teaspoon). You should drink this medicine twice a day, preferably in the morning and in the evening.
To ease the condition with a kidney cyst will help tincture Echinacea, which can be bought at any pharmacy. Take tincture three times a day for 15 drops, for 6 months. Also in combination with Echinacea is good to use walnut. To prepare the medicine you will need walnuts of milk ripeness, which must be crushed (you can pass through a meat grinder). In a glass container mix the mass of nuts with honey (in equal proportions) and leave in a dark place for one month. After that, take 1 teaspoon before eating.
Treatment of kidney cyst by alternative methods is a long procedure, so if the disease is at the last stage, do not postpone the operation.
Treatment of a kidney cyst with a burdock
Treatment of a kidney cyst with the help of ordinary burdock is considered the most effective means for getting rid of a tumor. But for treatment with burdock, first of all, you need to know exactly how to treat with it. First of all, you need to cut several sheets of the plant, wash them well and squeeze the juice (you can use a juicer). The course of treatment with fresh burdock juice is two months. Take the juice before meals, three times a day for one or two tablespoons.
To cure the cyst is well suited gruel from this plant: young leaves of burdock well grind (you can use a meat grinder or blender). The resulting gruel is taken before meals 3 times a day for one tablespoon. Keep the gruel needed in the refrigerator, you do not need to cook too much, because in due course the useful properties of the plant are lost. It is best to cook a serving, which is enough for 2-3 days.
It is important to know that when using burdock to treat kidney cysts the odor and color of urine may change.
Treatment of kidney cysts with celandine
Purity has recently gained great popularity, even in traditional medicine. Used mainly as external lotions, but sometimes for internal use. Purity is a very poisonous plant, therefore, deciding to use inside, it is important to strictly adhere to the indicated dosage.
To prepare the medicine you need to freshly cut the herb through a meat grinder (you can grind it in a blender) and squeeze the juice. You need to start taking one drop, which must be diluted with one teaspoon of water, every day one drop is added, the course lasts 10 days, then a ten-day break in treatment is done. Then a teaspoon of celandine juice is diluted in about five tablespoons of water and drunk one hour before a meal on a teaspoon three times a day. Then again a ten-day break and the treatment course is repeated.
Treatment of kidney cysts with a golden mustache
The Golden Uch is successfully used for the treatment of various diseases, including, with its help, a sufficiently effective treatment of the kidney cyst. Tincture of a golden mustache is the most common medicine for getting rid of ailment. To prepare the tincture, you need to take about 50 plant joints and pour vodka (0.5 liters). Insist the drug for at least ten days, after which the mixture is filtered and the tincture is ready for use. Drink medicinal tincture on an empty stomach in the morning and 40 minutes before dinner. With a kidney cyst, the following scheme is recommended:
Begin the reception with 10 drops, which are diluted in 30 ml of water, then the next day add 1 drop (i.e., 11 drops), and so add every day until the number of drops is 35 (this will be 25 days treatment). After that, the drops are removed in the reverse order, i.e. Their number is again brought to 10 drops.
With the third course of treatment, you can go to a three-hour reception of tincture. In total, five courses are required for full recovery.
Treatment of cyst of the left kidney
As already mentioned, the cyst is a benign entity that is filled with fluid. Dimensions of cysts are different, from 2 millimeters to several centimeters (10 or more). The development of a cyst can be triggered by trauma, an infectious disease of the organ or cyst may be a congenital disease. Education of the kidney cyst is widespread, it is detected in almost half of the population, whose age is 50 years.
If the cyst on the left kidney does not press on the adjacent organs, it, as a rule, does not cause a person inconvenience. Most often, such cysts are detected in a planned ultrasound or with concomitant diseases. If the cyst is not very large, does not cause discomfort, then the kidney cyst is not needed. In this case, the doctor appoints a regular ultrasound examination (at least 2 times per year) and examination. Observation of the cyst is carried out, in order to follow the growth and development of the neoplasm. The dangers of the kidney cysts are present when complications occur, in particular the festering or rupture. If any complications are revealed to the patient, an immediate operation is prescribed, and surgery is also necessary in case of degeneration into a malignant tumor.
The planned surgical intervention to remove the kidney cyst is carried out when the cyst has reached a large size and begins to press on adjacent organs and tissues, disrupting their normal functioning. In this case, laparoscopy is used. Small cysts are removed by a special needle, through which liquid is sucked, and then alcohol is introduced into the cavity of the cyst to cause sclerosis of its walls and prevent a relapse in the future. With an extensive cyst, three punctures are made on the skin, through which the cyst walls are excised. This kind of surgery is much easier to transfer and the recovery period is faster after the operation.
Treatment of cyst of the right kidney
A simple single cyst does not need additional treatment. A person should undergo an annual examination so that the doctor can monitor the pace of development and growth of education, do not overcool, try to avoid a variety of infections.
Treatment of the kidney cyst is necessary when there are various complications - kidney failure, difficulty urinating, pyelonephritis, etc. There is no medication for kidney cysts, as there are no special cysts for resorption. In some cases, there is a positive trend in the use of alternative medicine. A slight complication of the cyst, manifested in the form of pressure on adjacent tissues and disorders and functioning, is eliminated by emptying the contents of the cyst with a puncture. If there is a large cystic kidney damage, kidney removal is performed, in the future, an organ transplant operation may be needed.
Treatment of Solitary Kidney Cysts
A solid cyst is called a simple round or oval formation, which is not connected to the ducts, has no constrictions and is filled with a transparent liquid. Usually, these cysts affect only one kidney, rarely the kidney cyst is detected in young children (5%). Most often, the cyst develops in men, mainly in the left kidney. In rare cases, pus, blood clots may be present in the fluid filling. Most often this is observed after injuring the kidney, on which there is a cyst. The cyst can begin to form during the period of intrauterine development - the so-called congenital cyst of the kidney. The acquired kidney cyst appears, usually in the adult state, as a result of a trauma or micro-infarction of the kidney. In most cases, the disease is asymptomatic, usually a cyst is detected when the body is examined for concomitant diseases or accidentally by ultrasound.
After detection, the treatment of the kidney cyst depends on its size, location, shape. Large education, the appearance of suppuration, cyst rupture, the risk of degeneration into a malignant tumor - must necessarily be treated surgically. Medicamentous treatment of small cysts, reduces more to symptomatic treatment - anemia, high blood pressure, pain, etc.
Treatment of parapelvic kidney cyst
Parapelvic, which is also known as the sinus cyst of the kidney, appears with an enlarged lumen of the lymph vessels passing through the sine of the kidney. Such education is more common in women over the age of 45. The exact cause of the development of such a cyst is not currently established and is detected in 6% of all cases. Liquid filling of the cyst is transparent yellow, often with bloody impurities. Normally paraplevikalnye cysts are revealed quite by accident. If the diameter of the cyst is not more than 5 cm, the kidney cyst is not treated, the patient is monitored. Larger dimensions are subject to mandatory surgical removal. Cysts, until they reach a large size, usually do not show themselves. The increasing cyst complicates the outflow of urine, becomes the cause of colic, the appearance of blood in the urine. Cyst creates good conditions for the development of kidney stones. In some cases, the cyst is mistaken for hydronephrosis (high content of fluid in the kidney, from which the outflow of urine begins). Typically, this happens when several kidneys develop simultaneously on the kidney. In some cases, the kidney cyst becomes the cause of the development of hydronephrosis, reducing the lumen of the urinary ducts.
Treatment of the parenchymal cyst of the kidney
The parenchymal cyst of the kidney is a simple formation that develops as a result of impaired functions of the parenchymal organs (large organs of the body). The cause of the disease is usually the transferred diseases (tuberculosis, urolithiasis, pyelonephritis, etc.). But the parenchymal cyst can be congenital, in this case, there is a possibility that the cyst will resolve on its own.
There are no obvious signs of a parenchymal cyst, sometimes there is pain in the lumbar region, pressure rises, sometimes a small seal is felt in the abdomen.
Surgical treatment of the kidney cyst is required when the cyst has reached a very large size, and can rupture (more than 5 cm). Also puncture is possible, laparoscopy - such methods are more sparing than a cavitary operation. An open surgery is usually necessary if there is a suspicion of degeneration into a malignant tumor, with suppuration or with very large cysts.
Operative treatment of kidney cysts
Treatment of the kidney cyst with the help of the surgery can be of several types: puncture with a therapeutic or diagnostic purpose, endovideosurgical operation.
If a kidney cyst is detected, surgical intervention may not always be necessary. Usually, if the neoplasm does not cause discomfort, an observation is made of the growth and development of the neoplasm. Surgical intervention is prescribed in case of squeezing of adjacent tissues and organs, resulting in a violation of their functions (violation of urination), infection of the cyst and suppuration in her cavity, rupture of the cyst (usually a cyst is torn due to a large size), and also if the diameter of the cyst more than 5 cm. However, if it has a bleeding disorder, severe co-morbidities, surgery is contraindicated.
Puncture of the kidney cyst can be performed without the subsequent insertion of sclerosing fluid into the cavity of the cyst (iodine, alcohol, etc.). In this case, this puncture is only diagnostic. If a special solution is injected into the cavity of the cyst after the sucking of the fluid, sclerosis of the walls of the tumor takes place, and in the future, usually, the cyst no longer appears. However, such treatment can cause fibrosis (changes in tissues, organs, scarring, seals due to chronic inflammation) of the cyst walls and adjacent tissues. But if you do not use sclerosing agents, there is a high probability that the cyst will reappear, possibly large, and you will need a second operation. A special solution injected into the cyst cavity reduces the risk of recurrence. A common cause of recurrence of the cyst after the puncture is a characteristic structure and location (calcification of the walls of the neoplasm, different thickness, cyst with numerous chambers, inflammation).
Laparoscopy is a modern and low-traumatic method for removing neoplasms of the kidneys. This method allows you to carry out any surgical operations, in particular nephrectomy (kidney removal). Parenchymal cyst increases the risk of damage to the kidney cavity, so the patient must necessarily warn the surgeon about the likely increase in the volume of surgery (resection, removal of the kidney, cyst outgrowth). The method of laparoscopy consists in introducing gas into the peritoneum to enlarge the space, then a laparoscope and instruments are inserted into the punctures through the punctures. If there is a suspicion that after the operation the outflow of urine may be disrupted, a stent is inserted into the ureter.
Laparoscopy can cause damage to blood vessels or the kidney cavity, which will lead to postoperative complications. In the postoperative period, there may be bleeding, infection, urinary edema. After the operation, the patient is prescribed antibacterial and anesthetics, the removal of the sutures is carried out on the 7th or 8th day.
Treatment of the kidney cyst is carried out mainly by operative methods. At the moment, there is no effective drug treatment, perhaps only a reduction in the manifestation of concomitant symptoms: increased blood pressure, anemia, etc. Currently, surgical treatment is carried out with minimal injuries, the skin is only a few punctures, through which special tools are introduced and the cyst is removed.