Patient's question:
The son of the old man next door to the doctor was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease during a recent health check-up. The whole family is very worried. His current girlfriend has also broken up with him, saying it's because she's afraid of the disease being inherited from generation to generation to the child. Hello, will polycystic kidney disease be inherited from generation to generation? What kind of detailed examinations are needed? How much will it cost approximately?Doctor's answer:
This condition is caused by polycystic kidney disease leading to structural damage of the kidneys, which in turn results in kidney function impairment. If both kidneys are affected, kidney transplantation may need to be considered. If the disease affects only one kidney, and the other kidney is healthy or has compensatory capacity, dialysis treatment can be initiated first to slow down the progression of the disease and evaluate the possibility of surgical treatment. Uremia is not a disease of the eyes, but rather a clinical syndrome resulting from a combination of various late-stage kidney diseases. It is a syndrome of clinical manifestations that occur when chronic kidney failure progresses to the end stage.