Patient's question:
What is polycystic kidney diseaseDoctor's answer:
Polycystic kidney disease is a hereditary kidney disease characterized by cysts of varying sizes in both kidneys, ultimately leading to kidney failure and death. The chromosomal inheritance of polycystic kidney disease has a certain genetic probability, mostly inherited through parental genes, but some patients develop the condition due to gene mutations during embryonic formation. For this hereditary kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease cannot be prevented, but exacerbating factors can be mitigated.