Kidney cysts patients are very often asking the question, which is the
differences between ADPKD and multiple kidney cysts. We can tell the difference
between them from the following aspects.
1. Pathogeny
ADPKD is a kind of hereditary disease, and the numerous cysts are caused by
the faulty gene on the 16th chromosome. When one carries the faulty gene, he or
she has a 50% chance to pass ADPKD to his or her children. While multiple kidney
cysts can be either congenital or postnatally caused by trauma, inflammation
tumor and so on.
2. Fluid in the cysts
The multiple kidney cysts are filled with a kind of body fluid which is
similar to plasma and some times mixed with red blood cells. In the cysts of
ADPKD, the fluid is crude urine.
3. Complications and damages
PKD patients can suffer from hematuria (Blood in urine), high blood pressure,
swelling, kidney insufficiency, end stage renal failure and even uremia. Most
cases will develop into uremia if no proper treatment is received. However,
Multiple Kidney Cysts will not have hypertension or kidney insufficiency, and
when the cysts are small, there will be slight damage to kidney. Besides, most
patients are not be diagnosed with Multiple Kidney Cysts until they are over 50
years old.
Even though the differences Multiple Kidney Cysts and PKD (Polycystic Kidney
Disease). Timely treatment is necessary when they are diagnosed with either of
them. If not, both will lead to kidney failure. Patients should find a natural
and safe way to shrink the cysts and repair the damaged kidney function.
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