How do kidney cysts form? Causes of renal cysts

How do kidney cysts form? The incidence rate of renal cysts is relatively high in life, but many people do not know the cause of this disease. In fact, renal cyst is a kind of kidney disease, and its kidney disease factors are more complicated, including congenital and acquired influences. For example, genetic problems and some bad eating habits are the causes of frequent kidney cysts.

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. Toxins

Toxins can damage various cells, tissues and organs in the human body, causing diseases and even endangering life. It is also one of the main causes of gene mutations, congenital developmental abnormalities and other phenomena. Common toxins include pesticides, certain chemicals, radiation, pollution, etc. It is particularly important to point out that some drugs are also nephrotoxic and can easily cause kidney damage if used improperly. These drugs include: kanamycin, gentamicin, sulfonamides, rifampicin, indomethacin, and other Western medicines, as well as traditional Chinese medicines such as strychnine.

5. Various infections

Infection can cause abnormal changes in the body's internal environment, thereby creating environmental conditions that are conducive to changes in cyst genes and enhancing the activity of the cyst's internal factors, which can promote the formation and growth of cysts. Any infection in any part of the body will enter the kidneys through the blood and affect the cysts. If the cyst is infected, in addition to aggravating the clinical symptoms, it will also cause the cyst to grow further and aggravate renal damage. Common infections include upper respiratory tract infections (including colds), urinary tract infections, gastrointestinal tract infections, skin infections, traumatic infections, instrument infections, etc. That is, whether it is bacterial infection or viral infection, it can have a great impact on cysts.

6. Emotional factors

What causes kidney cysts? Modern medical research has shown that adverse emotional changes can cause nervous and endocrine disorders in the human body, thereby changing the body's internal environment through neurohumoral effects. Abnormalities in the internal environment have an impact on the cyst. Moreover, negative emotions can reduce a person's immunity, which is conducive to the invasion of bacteria and viruses, thus affecting the cysts. A large amount of clinical practice has proved that negative emotions can aggravate the condition, especially cystic diseases, but if one adjusts one's mood and does not feel sad or irritable, the condition can often gradually improve.

7. Inappropriate work and rest

(1) Overwork, that is, excessive exertion or strenuous exercise for a long time can easily lead to illness.

(2) Overwork: that is, thinking too much, having too much psychological pressure, and being overly burdened with thoughts.

(3) Excessive sexual activity, that is, sexual activity without moderation and excessive sexual activity. These are all detrimental to health and of course affect the changes in cystic diseases. In addition, excessive comfort, that is, excessive idleness, not participating in labor, and not exercising, can easily cause poor blood circulation in the human body and cause other diseases. This is the principle of "lying in bed for a long time will hurt the qi."