Pain Relief and Antibiotic Therapy for Bladder or Kidney Infections
Once polycystic kidney disease advances to certain stages, patients start to experience pain. This pain varies in severity [8] from person to person. While this pain can be relieved by over-the-counter medications in some people, others require more advanced procedures. Your doctor may recommend a treatment where a needle is used to extract cyst fluid from the kidneys and a sclerotizing agent is injected into the cyst to shrink it. If the pain is too much, doctors may recommend surgical removal of the cysts.
Antibiotic treatment [9] is recommended for the treatment of infections in the bladder or kidneys. This is to prevent these infections from contributing to kidney damage. The type of antibiotic treatment your doctor prescribes will depend on the peculiarities of your infection. They will first determine if your infection is only in the bladder or kidney and if it involves the cysts in your kidney. Milder infections may only need short-term treatment. If the infection is more serious, you may need to use the drugs for longer to clear it.