Who Is at Risk for Developing PKD

2015-09-24 11:24

PKD belongs to a genetic disorder, and it is caused by mutation of genes. In this way, children can inherit PKD gene if their parents has PKD disease. Details are as follows:

Genetic disorder is divided into dominant inheritance and recessive inheritance.

Dominant inheritance

This means that only one of chromosomes has disease gene, this disease can occur on people. The chance of dominant inheritance for children is 50 percent.

Recessive inheritance

It describes that both of chromosomes must have this disease gene, in this situation, disease can appear on people. And the possibility of getting disease is 25%.

Hence, for people whose family has a history of PKD disease, they are at risk of developing PKD. However, some one who has not history of PKD also may get PKD disease, which is perhaps because the disease gene is recessive inheritance.

For people who are at risk of PKD, it is very necessary and important to take good care of selves in daily life to prevent PKD from occurring. Kidney friendly diet is needed with a healthy lifestyle. ARPKD is very rare, and most of patients die in childhood. ADPKD is very common for people around the world, and symptoms of ADPKD occur when patients grow into adults about 40-50 years old. What is worse, kidney failure can be developed if ADPKD can not be managed well in life.

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