Results Diagnosis of Kidney Disease Polikista

Polikista Kidney disease is an inherited disease in which the two kidneys are found a lot of cysts, the kidney becomes larger but have less functioning kidney tissue. Cysts are closed sacs lined by epithelial tissue and contains fluid or semisolid material.

CAUSE
Genetic abnormalities that cause this panyakit can be dominant or recessive. This means that patients can have a dominant gene from one parent or two recessive genes from both parents. Patients who have a new dominant gene usually show symptoms in adulthood; patients who have a recessive gene usually indicates severe disease in childhood.

SYMPTOMS
In children, polikista kidney disease causes the kidneys to become very large and belly. Newborns who suffer from severe disease may die soon after birth, due to kidney failure in the fetus led to the disruption of lung development. This disease also attacks the liver. At the age of 5-10 years, sufferers tend to experience high blood pressure in blood vessels that connect the intestine with the liver (portal system). Could eventually occur liver failure and kidney failure.

In adults, kidney disease polikista develop slowly over many years. Symptoms begin to appear in early or mid-adulthood, although sometimes the disease is not known until the sufferer dies. Symptoms include back pain, blood in the urine (hematuria), infection and severe cramping pain caused by kidney stones (renal colic). On the other patients who have less functioning kidney tissue which can occur fatigue, nausea, decreased urine output and other symptoms caused by kidney failure.

Chronic infection will worsen kidney failure. Half the patients have high blood pressure. About a third of patients also have a cyst in his heart, but these cysts do not affect liver function. More than 20% of patients have a dilated blood vessel in his skull and 75% of them eventually experienced a cerebral hemorrhage (subarachnoid hemorrhage).

DIAGNOSIS
Diagnosis based on family history and symptoms. Jikapenyakit has reached an advanced stage and the kidney is enlarged, the diagnosis is certain. Ultrasound and CT scan showed a picture of kidney and liver cysts akbiat moth-eaten.

TREATMENT
More than half of patients will experience kidney failure later in life. Treat infections and high blood pressure can prolong survival. To cope with kidney failure, dialysis or a kidney transplant performed.