What causes kidney cysts?

Kidney cyst is a common kidney disease. There are many causes of kidney cyst. Most of them are congenital, and a small part are acquired. The current medical examination technology for kidney cyst is relatively advanced, so the detection rate of kidney cyst is relatively high. For patients with kidney cyst, regular follow-up is required, and timely treatment should be given if there is any change in the condition.

The main causes of kidney cysts are as follows:

Reason 1: Congenital maldevelopment. Congenital maldevelopment can cause a variety of diseases. For cystic kidney disease, it can mainly cause medullary sponge kidney, dysplastic polycystic kidney disease, etc. The genes of congenital maldevelopment are generally not abnormal, so it is different from genetic inheritance or gene mutation.

Reason 2: Gene mutation (non-hereditary). For patients with renal cysts, most of them are inherited through the genes of their parents, which is divided into autosomal dominant inheritance and autosomal recessive inheritance. However, some patients with polycystic kidney disease do not inherit the disease from their parents, nor do they have congenital dysplastic polycystic kidney disease, but rather a gene mutation during embryo formation.

Reason three: Diet. Everyone may not know that bad eating habits may cause many diseases, and of course it is also an important factor in the occurrence, development and change of cystic disease.

What is a kidney cyst

Renal cyst is the most common structural abnormality of the kidney in adults. It can be unilateral or bilateral, one or more, and is generally about 2 cm in diameter. There are also cysts with a diameter of up to 10 cm. It is more common in males. The incidence rate increases with age. Simple renal cysts generally have no symptoms. Only when the cyst compression causes vascular occlusion or urinary tract obstruction may corresponding symptoms appear, which may affect renal function. When the cyst is larger than 5 cm, appropriate treatment should be performed, including cyst fluid aspiration and intracystic injection of sclerosing agents or surgical treatment.

What situations can cause kidney cysts? After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone should understand what causes kidney cysts. As long as everyone can fully grasp these factors, there will be a way to comprehensively prevent the disease.