Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a kind of congenital kidney disease and
this disease has the characteristic of familial aggregation. If one of the
patients has this disease, each of their children has 50 percent of possibility
to inherit the cyst gene. If both of the parents have this disease, the
possibility increases to 75 percent. If the child doesn’t carry the cyst gene,
his or her offspring won’t have this disease anymore, which means this disease
won’t be atavistic.
For many patients with the disease, after having been diagnosed, they suffer
a lot. Except the physical suffering brought by the disease, they worry about
whether they should have a baby. I believe everyone wants to be a patient and
enjoy the happiness of family. As for the patients with this disease, however,
it is not easy to have a healthy baby, especially for the women patients,
pregnancy may induce the attack of this disease.
At present, much progression has been made on the treatment for this disease.
If the patients pay attention to the following aspects, they can have more
possibility to have a healthy baby.
First, pay attention to premarital B ultrasonic examination, especially the
people whose parents are patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease. And avoid the
marriage of couples both with this type of disease, for which can increase the
morbidity of the next generation;
Second, patients with this disease should take the examination of amniotic
fluid or hair cells “cyst gene” after the pregnancy of 10 weeks.
Hope this information is helpful for you. If you have other questions about
Polycystic Kidney Disease, please contact us by email: kidney-treatment@hotmail.com or
consult online directly.
