How Is PKD Inherited

2014-03-07 13:53

It is well known that PKD is inherited kidney disease, which can lead to kidney failure eventually. But you may not know how is PKD inherited. If you would like to acquire the answer, please go on reading.

In humans, there are two modes of inheritance: auto dominant and autosomal recessive. Today we just discuss the ADPKD. Abnormal genes is the main cause of ADPKD. Genes pass down from generation to generation. In every cell, each gene has two copies. As long as one copy of the gene is mutated in your parents, it is possible for you to have PKD. It is said that in ADPKD, an affected parent has a fifty percent of chance of passing the disease off to each child. However, ten percent of cases of PKD have no family connection.

Since you have known that PKD is inherited, if your family members have such a disease, you had better have a thorough physical examination to look for whether there are cysts or not on your kidneys. Abdominal ultrasound is the most useful, non-invasive study using sound waves to look for cysts. The earlier you receive treatment, the better the prognosis.

The conventional treatment for PKD is to take medicines to control the symptoms, while the cysts keep growing. The surgery for PKD only aims at remove certain cysts, not all the cysts. Therefore, they can not control your medical condition from the root. Compared to western medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine takes effect slowly, but it has a better control of the cysts. They can stop the formation of cysts as well as shrink the existed cysts so as to preserve kidney function and slow down the progression to kidney failure.

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