Polycystic kidney disease is a medical term used to explain a kidney disorder which is usually passed down through families in which many cysts form in the kidneys and further get enlarged.
Quick Facts
Quick Facts
- It is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys
- Cause kidney enlargement
- Disturbs the normal functionality of kidneys
- Leads to kidney failure in extreme cases
- Can also cause cysts in the liver and problems in other organs, such as blood vessels in the brain and heart
- There are two types of Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Autosomal dominant PKD - A most common inherited form.
- Autosomal recessive PKD - A rare inherited form.
- Treatment usually include Blood pressure medicines, Diuretics and Low-salt diet
- Passed down through families (Inherited)
- Parents carrying genes
- Aortic aneurysms
- Brain aneurysms
- Cysts in the liver, pancreas, and testes
- Diverticula of the colon
- Urinary tract infections-specifically, in the kidney cysts
- Hematuria-blood in the urine
- Liver and pancreatic cysts
- Abnormal heart valves
- High blood pressure
- Kidney stones
- Aneurysms-bulges in the walls of blood vessels-in the brain
- Diverticulosis-small pouches bulge outward through the colon
- Anemia
- Bleeding or rupture of cysts
- Chronic kidney disease
- End-stage kidney disease
- High blood pressure
- Infection of liver cysts
- Kidney stones
- Mild to severe liver failure
- Repeated urinary tract infections
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