41. Polycystic Kidney Disease - Health And Medical Information: Diseases And Conditi MedicineNet Home Diseases Conditions AZ List polycystic kidney Disease. Advanced Search. What is polycystic kidney Disease? http://www.medicinenet.com/polycystic_kidney_disease/article.htm

MedicineNet Home > Polycystic Kidney Disease Advanced Search Printer-Friendly Format Add to Favorites Email to a Friend ... Next page Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) What is Polycystic Kidney Disease? What is autosomal dominant PKD? What are the symptoms of autosomal dominant PKD? How is autosomal dominant PKD diagnosed? ... Polycystic Kidney Disease At A Glance What is Polycystic Kidney Disease? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disorder that is characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. The cysts are filled with fluid. PKD cysts can replace much of the mass of the kidneys, thereby reducing kidney function and leading to kidney failure The kidneys are two organs, each about the size of a fist, that are located in the upper part of the abdomen, towards the back. The kidneys filter wastes from the blood to form urine. They also regulate amounts of certain vital substances in the body. When PKD causes kidneys to fail, which usually happens only after many years, the patient requires dialysis or kidney transplantation. About one-half of people with the primary form of PKD progress to kidney failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

42. Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Isolated - Urology: Health And Medical Informatio MedicineNet Home Doctor s Views AZ List Urology Home polycystic kidney Disease Gene Isolated. Advanced Search. polycystic kidney Disease Gene Isolated. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=635

43. KFOC - Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney Disease. Polycystic cysts . polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disease which causes cysts to form in the kidneys. http://www.kidney.ca/english/publications/brochures/polycystic/polycystic.htm

Profile Programs Volunteering Offices ... Main Page Polycystic Kidney Disease Polycystic means "many fluid-filled sacs" or "cysts". Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disease which causes cysts to form in the kidneys. Your kidneys are the master chemists of your body. Normally, you have two kidneys, one on either side of your spine under the lower ribs. They are pink in colour and shaped like kidney beans. Each kidney is about the size of your clenched fist. Polycystic kidneys become very large, have a bumpy surface and contain many cysts. Pressure from the expanding cysts slowly damages the normal kidney tissue, eventually causing kidney failure. PKD seems to strike people all over the world regardless of race, sex, religion or social class. In Canada, about 27,000 people suffer from the illness. PKD is an inherited disease. This means that it is passed from parents to children. Every person has 23 different pairs of chromosomes, one set coming from each parent. The chromosomes are messengers which carry information in the form of genes. If you inherit the gene for PKD then you will either have the disease or you will be a silent carrier (where you don't have the disease but you may pass on the gene). This will depend on the type of PKD gene passed on to you.

44. Polycystic Kidney - Information / Diagnosis / Treatment / Prevention home urological disorders polycystic kidney polycystic kidney. Mamas Health polycystic kidney Disease, what it is, they types , symptoms and statistics. http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/urological-disorders/polycystic-kidney.html

Home Health cyclopedia All Topics by Category The Good Health Search Engine Health Conditions A-Z Gurus ... kidney > polycystic kidney Polycystic Kidney Information / Diagnosis / Treatment / Prevention External links (marked with an arrow ) open in a new window. This site is a web directory and does not offer medical advice. We cannot take responsibility for information found on listed sites. This Page Related Topics Medical Definition Health Portals Health News ... Web Directory: Related Topics: Cardiovascular Disorders/Vascular Disorders/Aneurysm Cardiovascular Disorders/Vascular Disorders/Hypertension Genitourinary Disorders/Kidney/End Stage Disease Genitourinary Disorders/Kidney/Stones ... Genitourinary Disorders/Urinary Tract Infections Medical Definition: University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical Dictionary: "polycystic kidney" Health Portals: FamilyDoctor.org Information Sheets : Polycystic Kidney Diease (PKD) FamilyDoctor.org Information Sheets : Kidney Cysts MayoClinic.com Health News: Search millions of published articles for news on Polycystic Kidney Modern Medicine Aging The Ardell Wellness Report HealthFacts Medical Post Medical Update Men's Health and the National Women's Health Report Note: Subscription required to access the full text of articles.

45. THE MERCK MANUALSECOND HOME EDITION, Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney Disease. Polycystic The genetic defect that causes polycystic kidney disease may be dominant or recessive. That http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/sec11/ch146/ch146k.jsp

46. TMR - Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney Disease A Challenging Illness Affecting Hundreds of Thousands. By Joel R. Cooper. This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0795/polycyst0795.html

Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Challenging Illness Affecting Hundreds of Thousands By Joel R. Cooper Several years ago, I dated a woman whose father, a big computer company executive, had polycystic kidney disease. He received dialysis treatments at home, and was okay for a while, then developed complications and died. I remember seeing him at home on that machine which took blood from his body, then routed it into its mechanical innards and back into him after cleansing it somehow. Having never worked in a clinical environment before, seeing him lying there hooked up to a machine upon which he depended for life made me feel queasy and uncomfortable. Perhaps the experience reminded me of the fragility of life in general and my own mortality in particular. This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. It had an impact. The woman, too, had the disease, which was genetically passed on to her from her father. A ballet instructor and choreographer, she's still very much alive today, but she has to be careful about her health and diet. And she knows her future is not necessarily very bright. She could die the same way her father did, if medical science can't produce a more palatable outcome for her. 600,000 Americans have the same disease she does, yet it's hardly a household term like AIDS. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), sometimes called autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, is a life-threatening genetic disorder that eventually produces end-stage renal (kidney) disease in the majority of cases. Patients progressing to end-stage renal disease, must have either hemodialysis (a removal of the toxic substances in the blood by a machine that acts as an artificial kidney) or a kidney transplant to survive. According to the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri USA, an estimated 5 to 10 million people have the disease worldwide.

47. TMR - Interview Treating polycystic kidney Disease What Does The Future Hold? Diets low in potassium content accelerate the rate of polycystic kidney disease in rats. http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0795/interview0795.html

Treating Polycystic Kidney Disease: What Does The Future Hold? An Exclusive Interview With Jared J. Grantham, M.D. Joel R. Cooper Dr. Grantham is Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, and a member of the Nephrology and Hypertension Division of Internal Medicine. He has served in this position for 27 years. He also serves as Editor of The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, headquartered at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Grantham is Chairman of the Polycystic Kidney Research (PKR) Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri. His clinical and research training took place at the University of Kansas Medical Center, at The National Heart Institute, NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, and at the Physiologic Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Dr. Grantham is widely regarded as one of the nation's leading authorities on polycystic kidney disease. I was able to reach Dr. Grantham thanks to Tanja Dunbar, Vice President of The PKR Foundation. I had a few definite questions I wanted to ask him on behalf of readers who either have polycystic kidney disease themselves, or who have friends or family members who do. My questions and Dr. Grantham's thoughtful responses follow. Joel R. Cooper, Editor

48. Polycystic Kidney Disease MAIN SEARCH INDEX. polycystic kidney disease. polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common of all lifethreatening human genetic disorders. http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/001087.htm

MAIN SEARCH INDEX Polycystic kidney disease Definition Description Causes and symptoms Diagnosis ... Resources Definition Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common of all life-threatening human genetic disorders. It is an incurable genetic disorder characterized by the formation of fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys of affected individuals. These cysts multiply over time. It was originally believed that the cysts eventually caused kidney failure by crowding out the healthy kidney tissue. It is now thought that the kidney damage seen in PKD is actually the result of the body's immune system. The immune system, in its attempts to rid the kidney of the cysts, instead progressively destroys the formerly healthy kidney tissue. Description A healthy kidney is about the same size as a human fist. PKD cysts, which can be as small as the head of a pin or as large as a grapefruit, can expand the kidneys until each one is bigger than a football and weighs as much as 38lb (17 kg). There are two types of PKD: infantile PKD, which generally shows symptoms prior to birth; and adult onset PKD. Individuals affected with infantile PKD are often stillborn. Among the liveborn individuals affected with infantile PKD, very few of these children survive to the age of two. The adult onset form of PKD is much more common. The time and degree of symptom onset in the adult form of PKD can vary widely, even within a single family with two or more affected individuals. Symptoms of this form of PKD usually start to appear between the ages of 20 and 50. Organ deterioration progresses more slowly in adult onset PKD than it does in the infantile form; but, if left untreated, adult onset PKD also eventually leads to kidney failure.

49. Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. The cysts are filled with fluid. http://members.shaw.ca/vanderwyst/PKD.html

The angel whispers.....take my hand and I will lead you away from the darkness to the light... The lighthouse standing tall upon the cliff lighting the path to a safe journey..... I am your strength to guide you through your life.... WHAT IS PKD? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. The cysts are filled with fluid. PKD cysts can slowly replace much of the mass of the kidneys, reducing kidney function and leading to kidney failure. PKD can cause cysts in the liver and problems in other organs, such as the heart and blood vessels in the brain. The most common symptoms are pain in the back and the sides (between the ribs and hips), and headaches. The dull pain can be temporary or persistent, mild or severe. People with autosomal dominant PKD also can experience the following: Urinary tract infections Hematuria (blood in the urine) Liver and pancreatic cysts Abnormal heart valves High blood pressure Kidney stones Brain Aneurysms (bulges in the walls of blood vessels) Diverticulosis (small sacs on the colon).

50. Kidney Problems - Polycystic Kidney Disease. polycystic kidney disease is an inherited condition characterised by the growth of cysts in the kidneys. Kidney problems polycystic kidney disease. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Polycystic_kidney

51. Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Familydoctor.org familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z polycystic kidney Disease (PKD). polycystic kidney Disease (PKD). What is polycystic kidney disease? http://familydoctor.org/x1754.xml

Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) What is polycystic kidney disease? How will PKD affect me? What other organs can be hurt by PKD? What are the symptoms of PKD? ... Can PKD be diagnosed in unborn babies? Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Printer-friendly version Email this article What is polycystic kidney disease? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disease that affects the kidneys. Sacs of fluid (called cysts) grow in the kidneys. If too many cysts grow or if they get too big, the kidneys become damaged. The cysts may also cause pain or may get infected. PKD is the most common inherited disease in the United States. Children of parents with PKD have a 50% chance of getting the disease. Return to top How will PKD affect me? Most people with PKD can lead a normal life. In many people, the disease is mild and causes only minor problems. PKD is more severe in some patients and can cause kidney failure. About 60% of patients develop high blood pressure, which can be treated with blood pressure medicine. About 50% of patients with PKD have kidney failure by age 60. Dialysis (blood filtering) and kidney transplants are both effective treatments for kidney failure. PKD is generally worse in men, blacks and patients with sickle cell disease. There is also a childhood form of PKD which is usually more severe than the type that occurs in adults. Return to top What other organs can be hurt by PKD?

52. Familydoctor.org/handouts/142.html More results from familydoctor.org Renal Cystic Disease Images available as described below range in file size from 50 to 250k. Recessive polycystic kidney Disease (RPKD). Dominant polycystic kidney Disease (DPKD). http://familydoctor.org/handouts/142.html

Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) What is polycystic kidney disease? How will PKD affect me? What other organs can be hurt by PKD? What are the symptoms of PKD? ... Can PKD be diagnosed in unborn babies? Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Printer-friendly version Email this article What is polycystic kidney disease? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disease that affects the kidneys. Sacs of fluid (called cysts) grow in the kidneys. If too many cysts grow or if they get too big, the kidneys become damaged. The cysts may also cause pain or may get infected. PKD is the most common inherited disease in the United States. Children of parents with PKD have a 50% chance of getting the disease. Return to top How will PKD affect me? Most people with PKD can lead a normal life. In many people, the disease is mild and causes only minor problems. PKD is more severe in some patients and can cause kidney failure. About 60% of patients develop high blood pressure, which can be treated with blood pressure medicine. About 50% of patients with PKD have kidney failure by age 60. Dialysis (blood filtering) and kidney transplants are both effective treatments for kidney failure. PKD is generally worse in men, blacks and patients with sickle cell disease. There is also a childhood form of PKD which is usually more severe than the type that occurs in adults. Return to top What other organs can be hurt by PKD?

53. Renal Cystic Disease The gross appearance of kidneys with recessive polycystic kidney disease (RPKD) is shown here. The bilaterally and symmetrically http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/RENCYST/RCYST026.html

The gross appearance of kidneys with recessive polycystic kidney disease (RPKD) is shown here. The bilaterally and symmetrically enlarged kidneys displace the abdominal contents anteriorly and to the side. The descending colon runs over the surface of the left kidney.

54. UAB Health System | Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney Disease. What is polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized http://www.health.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=15632

55. POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE polycystic kidney Disease Polycystic growth? Last Modified 05/15/01. Source polycystic kidney Disease . See also in this AZ Guide http://www.kidney.org/general/atoz/content/polycystic.html

Polycystic Kidney Disease Polycystic kidney disease, or PKD, usually refers to a genetic or inherited disease that is sometimes called "adult PKD" because it normally appears in adult life. A less common type of PKD occurs primarily in babies and children. In PKD, cysts, or fluid-filled pouches, are found primarily in the kidney but they can also affect other organs, including the liver, pancreas, spleen and ovaries. Outpouchings may occur in the walls of the large intestine and in the walls of blood vessels in the brain, where they may cause aneurysms. They may also be found in the abdominal wall, causing hernias. In addition, the valves of the heart may be involved, becoming floppy and resulting in a heart murmur in some patients. How common is PKD? PKD is the most common life-threatening genetic disease. Scientists estimate that it affects between one in 400 and one in 1,000 individuals. It is found in all races and occurs equally in men and women. Who is at risk for developing PKD? The adult type of PKD (also called autosomal-dominant PKD or ADPKD) is passed from parent to child by an autosomal-dominant type of inheritance. This means that only one copy of the abnormal gene is needed to cause the disease. Therefore, if one parent has the disease, each child has a 50-50 chance of getting the disease. The risk is the same for every child, regardless of how many children develop the disease. Boys and girls have the same chance of inheriting the disease.

56. Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney Disease. What is it? polycystic kidney disease, or PCKD, is an inherited kidney disorder in which multiple cysts http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/kidneydisease.htm

57. UK NKF - Kidney Disease: Polycystic Kidney Disease What is the cause of Adult polycystic kidney Disease? What happens to the Kidneys in Polycystic Disease? What is the cause of Adult polycystic kidney Disease? http://www.kidney.org.uk/Medical-Info/kidney-disease/pckd.html

What is polycystic disease? What is the cause of Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease? What happens to the Kidneys in Polycystic Disease? How is it transmitted? Should a family member be screened for polycystic disease? What are the other complications of Polycystic Disease? Can cysts be removed or operated on? Can a polycystic patient lead a normal life? Other Information/Help groups What is polycystic disease? This is an inherited disease, which may lead to kidney failure. The condition affects every family and individual slightly differently, so this information may contain some details not appropriate to your case. The information here applies only to the adult form of polycystic kidney disease - there is a different disease which affects children ( click here for details of this disease). What is the cause of Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease is caused by a mistake in your DNA. DNA is the code which determines the nature of all the tissues in your body, and a copy of the code is found in every cell in the body. The section of DNA that codes for a protein is called a gene. Therefore one could also say there is an abnormal gene. This is important when understanding the transmission of polycystic kidneys, because everyone inherits two copies of each gene, one from the mother and one from the father.

58. HealthCentral - General Encyclopedia - Polycystic Kidney Disease polycystic kidney disease. Alternative names cysts kidneys; kidney - polycystic; autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; PCKD http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000502.cfm

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59. Polycystic Kidney Diseases polycystic kidney Diseases. polycystic kidney Diseases. PKD Foundation. polycystic kidney Diseases / pathology. Pathology of renal cystic disease. http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/C0022680L0296868.html

low graphics Polycystic Kidney Diseases Polycystic Kidney Diseases Polycystic Kidney Diseases / pathology other: Bladder Exstrophy Cryptorchidism Epispadias Hypospadias ... Nephritis, Hereditary narrower: Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Diseases PKD Foundation The US PKD (Polycystic Kidney Research) Foundation was founded in 1982 and aims to determine the cause, improve clinical treatment and find a cure for polycystic kidney disease. The site provides details about the Foundation, as well as information for professionals and patients. The information provided includes research information, news, details of publications, and conferences as well as information on PKD. United States Polycystic Kidney Diseases Organizations, Nonprofit Charities ... Polycystic kidney disease information A patient information document on polycystic kidney disease (PKD), from the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation. Information is provided on what the kidneys do, what PKD is, what cysts are, the symptoms, complications, how it spreads, testing, and controlling the disease. Polycystic Kidney Diseases Patient Education Handout [Publication Type] Polycystic Kidney Diseases / pathology Pathology of renal cystic disease A collection of images with explanatory text forming an illustrated tutorial on the pathology of renal cystic disease. Includes recessive polycystic kidney disease (RPKD), multicystic renal dysplasia, dominant polycystic kidney disease (DPKD), cystic change with obstruction, and a section on miscellaneous cystic renal changes in adults. This tutorail is from the University of Utah's WebPath server.

60. Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive polycystic kidney, Autosomal Recessive. broader polycystic kidney Diseases. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease information. http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/C0085548L0086491.html

low graphics Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive broader: Polycystic Kidney Diseases Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease information Patient information on Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease, ARPKD. Information is provided on what it is, how someone gets it, the gene responsible, kidney problems, diagnosis, complications, and research. Published by the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation. Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive Patient Education Handout [Publication Type] Last modified: 27 May 2004

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