Treatment PLD

What are the medical treatments for polycystic liver disease?

PLD Polycystic Liver Disease medical treatments are targeted toward decreasing liver cyst expansion and slowing down cyst growth: proton pump inhibitors, eliminating dairy, eliminating caffeine, eliminating hormones; eliminating estrogen disruptors. Dietary changes have brought success to some individuals. While still in clinical trials, early limited medical treatment with long acting somatostatin, given by injection every 28 days, has been shown to reduce cystic liver size by 3%-39% (in a very small sample of subjects). This is not yet approved for the treatment of PLD.

What are the surgical treatments for polycystic liver disease?

PLD Polycystic Liver Disease surgical treatments are aimed at debulking a massively large cystic liver: liver resection, liver transplant, and liver TAE procedure. Liver cyst deroofing has had limited success in pain abatement and works in very few patients. and even then, it usually has to be repeated within a year. Simple cyst aspiration appears to be totally ineffective.

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We are  sharing our experiences with PLD Diet, an adjunct diet to consider  trying to complement a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Think  about testing this only with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it, according to your own uniqueness by adding to your current  treatment.

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