What is kidney cyst? Four major causes

As technology advances with the times, more and more people are beginning to have kidney problems, and the incidence of kidney cysts is getting higher and higher, but there are still many people who don't know much about it. Next, we will introduce to you the causes of renal cysts.

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 developmental abnormalities are generally not abnormal, so it is different from genetic inheritance or gene mutation.

2. Gene mutation (non-hereditary)

For polycystic kidney disease, it is mostly inherited through the genes of parents, which is divided into autosomal dominant inheritance and autosomal recessive inheritance. However, some polycystic kidney disease patients 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. During the embryonic formation process, due to the influence of various factors, the gene mutates and forms polycystic kidney disease. Although this situation is rare, it can still occur. Therefore, some polycystic kidney patients may not have a parental genetic history.

3. Diet

What causes kidney cysts? Maybe everyone doesn’t 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.

4. Environmental factors

Infection and poisoning on the tubules can stimulate cyst genes to change the metabolism of tubular cells and even directly cause epithelial cell necrosis. The shedding of necrotic cells can also cause obstruction, and regeneration after necrosis also promotes cell proliferation. The formation of renal cysts is closely related to environmental factors.