Four Characteristics of Children PKD

Currently, the children belong to hereditary polycystic kidney disease, children with polycystic kidney disease in children, in the past often do not have effective treatment, so children often reach adulthood; and many pregnant women find that the fetus is a baby more have no choice cystic kidney after termination of pregnancy; and because of polycystic kidney disease is inherited, so pregnant women find themselves suffering from polycystic kidney disease in the future, it was to stop pregnancy. Currently, children with polycystic kidney disease features include the following four points:

1 congenital polycystic kidney disease patients with early kidney size normal, late increases with age, and the emergence of morphological abnormalities. Cyst spherical, large and small. Renal cyst can just beginning when the minority, but with the progression and gradually increased, and finally to the kidneys occupied by cysts.

2 onset age. Congenital hereditary polycystic kidney disease is a common disease in, usually on both sides of the disease, unilateral disease are rare. The disease has a familial tendency, often accompanied by polycystic lung, other organ polycystic liver disease, cerebral vascular malformations.

3 Children inheritance of polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, are congenital, the incidence of men and women equal chances. It does not carry the sick children cyst genes, such as polycystic kidney disease with no congenital heterosexual marriage, their children (grandchildren) not develop the disease, which is not atavistic.

4 congenital polycystic kidney disease and polycystic kidney disease
Such disease is more common. Congenital polycystic kidney disease seen in infants and children, left side abdomen with a large mass, if the kidneys do B-mode ultrasound examination can confirm the diagnosis. If it is unilateral lesions, surgery may be removed.

Polycystic kidney disease sub-type and adult children, it is not uncommon. Adult polycystic kidney disease in particular, should pay attention to. Usually on the abdomen or lower back pain, hematuria, anuria. Then there uremia, with hypertension, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease. Such as the line B-ultrasound, can be confirmed.


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