What is Polycystic Kidney

Disease
„ Is the disorder where there is
enlargement, which is caused by
formation of multiple cysts on the
kidneys
What are Kidney cysts ?
„ Kidney cysts are pocket of fluid
pouching out of the kidney
What causes this disease ?
„ Polycystic kidney
disease is an
inherited disease.
If one of the parent
carries this trait
then the child has
50% of getting this
disorder.

wo major types of inherited
PKD
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 is the most
common inherited form. Symptoms
usually develop between the ages of 30
and 40, but they can begin earlier, even
in childhood. About 90 percent of all
PKD cases are autosomal dominant
PKD.
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 is a rare
inherited form. Symptoms of autosomal
recessive PKD begin in the earliest
months of life, even in the womb.
Symptoms
„ Abdominal pain or tenderness
„ Blood in the urine
„ Excessive urination at night
„ Flank pain on one or both sides
„ Drowsiness
„ High blood pressure
„ Joint pain
„ Nail abnormalities
„ Painful menstruation
 Statistics
„ In the United States, about 600,000
people have PKD, and cystic disease
is the fourth leading cause of kidney
failure.
How is it detected
„ Abdominal ultrasound
„ Abdominal C
scan
„ Abdominal MRI scan
„ IVP

reatment
„
he purpose of the treatment is to control
symptoms

reatment may include :
„ Blood pressure medicines
„ Diuretics
„ Low-salt diet
„
here is no treatment to prevent the cysts from
forming or enlarging
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AGE KIDNEY DISEASE
„ Kidney transplantation
„ Kidney dialysis
„
here is no treatment to prevent the cysts
from forming or enlarging
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AGE KIDNEY DISEASE
„ Kidney transplantation
„ Kidney dialysis
Surgery
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Percutaneous kidney surgery is done for
large cysts in the back of the kidney.
Invasive method that allows the surgeon
to do endoscopic surgery within the
kidney using a small tract. A tract is an
opening created by a small incision
through the skin and tissues directly into
the kidney.
Current Research
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wo areas of current polycystic kidney
disease research include:
„ Genetics
„
reatment.
References
„ https://health.google.com/health/ref/Polycystic+kid
ney+disease
„ http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/polycystic.pdf
„ http://kidneys.emedtv.com/polycystic-kidney-
disease/polycystic-kidney-disease-research.html