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| | eMedicine - Polycystic Kidney Disease : Article by Henrique M Lederman, MD, PhD |
 | | Although more than one child was affected with the disease in many families, the parents had no evidence of cystic disease. | | | Determining the prognosis is difficult, but with improvements in medical management and continued progress in end-stage renal disease therapy in young infants, further improvements in survival and rehabilitation can be expected. | | | Headache pain in PKD may indicate the potential for a cerebral aneurysm. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1846.htm
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | The author wishes to acknowledge the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation for its assistance providing educational source materials for this article. | | | This hypertension affects "as many as 60 percent of adults before the onset of renal insufficiency, and more than 80 percent of patients with end- stage renal failure," said Dr. Gabow. | | | She could die the same way her father did, if medical science can't produce a more palatable outcome for her. |
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http://www.coolware.com/health/medical_reporter/kidney2.html
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) -- familydoctor.org |
| | PKD can be diagnosed in unborn babies using a test called amniocentesis (analysis of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby) or a test called chorionic villus sampling (examination of a small piece of the placenta). | | | Other organs that may be affected include the brain, intestines, pancreas, ovaries and spleen. | | | About 60% of patients develop high blood pressure, which can be treated with blood pressure medicine. |
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | For most but not all cases of severe pain, surgery to shrink cysts can relieve pain in the back and flanks. | | | A doctor will first suggest over-the-counter pain medications, such as aspirin or Tylenol. | | | The dull pain can be temporary or persistent, mild or severe. |
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http://aaaaq.com/kidney_urologic/polycystic_kidney_disease
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | The baby’s nose is pointed and the chin is small. | | | Your doctor will also check for high blood pressure and any heart conditions that often accompany PKD. | | | Your doctor will monitor your symptoms through regular examinations and diagnostic tests. |
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http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/kidneydisease.htm
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| | Cat Fanciers' Association: Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging technique that can identify the disease very early in its course. | | | This way a replacement of the concerned bloodline can be chosen and the affected parent neutered. | | | There is no specific treatment for this disease. |
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http://www.cfainc.org/health/pkd.html
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | Patients will receive a device for measuring blood pressure at home, clinic visits, lab tests, and study medications at no charge. | | | Get medical news headlines weekly with our e-mail newsletter. | | | Earlier trials of these treatments in PKD were not definitive, possibly because a small number of patients were involved. |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=36645
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease - nephrologychannel |
| | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation | | | Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACK) affects patients with chronic renal failure and causes hematuria, erythrocytosis (increase in red blood cells), and is associated with the development of cancer. | | | Cystic kidney disease describes several conditions in which fluid-filled cysts form in the kidneys. |
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http://www.nephrologychannel.com/polycystic
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| | PKD Foundation: |
| | We've structured this site to answer your questions, provide resources and allow opportunities for you to become more involved in our organization and our mission to END PKD. | | | The PKD Foundation is the only organization, worldwide, devoted to improving clinical treatment and discovering a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). | | | Ohio resident Jared Chonko makes being diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) seem more like an opportunity than a threat. |
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http://www.pkdcure.org
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| | Polycystic kidney disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Approximately 50% of patients with ADPKD have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by age 60 years. | | | The disease often leads to chronic renal failure and may result in total loss of kidney function, known as end stage renal disease (ESRD) which requires some form of renal replacement therapy (e.g. | | | Genetic counseling may be helpful for families at risk for polycystic kidney disease. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycystic_kidney_disease
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| | Polycystic kidney disease (PKD, or PCKD) |
| | Almost all patients with PKD have high blood pressure – this is a problem with many kidney diseases. | | | The diagnosis may be hard to make, because PKD patients may often have blood in their urine on testing, and they have other reasons for pain in the region of the kidneys. | | | People with PKD are more likely to develop hernias. |
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http://renux.dmed.ed.ac.uk/EdREN/EdRenINFObits/PCKDLong.html
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| | Polycystic kidney disease in Persian cats culminates in chronic renal failure after a variable clinical course. | | | Clinicopathologic findings associated with chronic renal disease in cats: 74 cases (1973-1984). | | | “Polycystic renal disease in related cats.” JAVMA 175(3): 286-288. |
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http://www.netcat.org/pkd.html
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| | Unfortunately there is no available treatment that will prevent the development of kidney failure in a cat that is affected by PKD. | | | However, in some cats kidney failure will occur at a much younger age and at the moment there is no way of predicting how rapidly the disease will progress in any particular cat. | | | Other cat breeds that have been developed using Persian bloodlines, and breeds that have allowed outcrossing to Persian cats (eg British Shorthairs) may also have a proportion of affected cats, but in other unrelated breeds it is an extremely rare condition. |
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http://www.fabcats.org/pkd.html
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| | PKD is not a new disease and has been reported in the literature for over 30 years. | | | Early onset, bilateral presentation (both kidneys), and multiple cysts are all traits of the heritable form of the disease. | | | The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory was established in the 1950's and is world-renowned for DNA parentage analysis, disease and diagnostic testing. |
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http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/service/cat/PKD.html
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| | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | One of the problems with this disease is that it is a heritable condition and every sibling or child has a fifty percent chance of also suffering from PKD. | | | Organ transplants are becoming a common practice in today's medical world. | | | there is currently no cure or effective treatment for PKD; half of all patients develop kidney failure and need either constant dialysis or transplantation |
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http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/core/bio/genetics/polycystic_kidney.htm
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| | NEJM -- Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| | Focus on "Heightened epithelial Na+ channel-mediated Na+ absorption in a murine polycystic kidney disease model epithelium lacking apical monocilia". | | | Polycystic kidney disease may arise sporadically as a developmental | | | in kidneys as a consequence of aging; dialysis, drugs, and hormones |
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/350/2/151
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| | Polycystic kidney disease |
| | However in some people the disease is mild, and they may never develop serious kidney failure, or only in old age. | | | If kidney function is significantly damaged, there will be other things to look out for, as in all patients whose kidney function is damaged. | | | However it may be more or less troublesome than in the parent that they have inherited it from. |
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http://renux.dmed.ed.ac.uk/EdREN/EdRenINFObits/PCKDShort.html
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