Patient's question:
Doctor, during a sports event in a school alliance, I was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at the age of 12, it was one-sided then, but now it's both sides. Left 1.2, right 1.6. My kidney function and other tests are normal, and I have no symptoms. Is there any way to prevent it from flaring up in the later half of my life? How is polycystic kidney disease considered to flare up?Doctor's answer:
Polycystic kidney disease is a congenital genetic disorder that affects both kidneys. Unlike kidneys prone to cysts, its kidneys are filled with cysts of varying sizes that can communicate with each other, gradually reducing kidney volume and controlling renal parenchyma, causing expansion and functional harm until chronic kidney failure. Polycystic kidney disease is divided into two types: the infantile type is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, often accompanied by other congenital malformations, and most die within months, with relatively rare clinical diagnosis; the adult type is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, usually occurring in middle age, and is also accompanied by polycystic lesions in other organs, such as the liver, spleen, pancreas, ovaries, and bones. Its onset has a family clustering tendency, and both men and women can be affected, with the risk being proportional; if both parents suffer from this disease, the incidence rate in children increases to 75%; children who do not suffer from the disease.