Treatment:

Polycystic Kidney Disease Diagnostic Procedure:

 pain medication, except
 Abdominal ultrasound.
ibuprofen (Advil), which isn’t
 Abdominal CT scan.
recommended since it may
 Abdominal MRI scan. worsen kidney disease
 Intravenous pyelogram.  blood pressure medication
 antibiotics to treat UTIs
 a low-sodium diet
Autosomal recessive polycystic Autosomal dominant polycystic  diuretics to help remove excess
kidney disease (ARPKD) kidney disease (ADPKD). fluid from the body
 surgery to drain cysts and help
relieve discomfort
Increased size of your
An inherited disorder in which clusters of cysts
abdomen due to enlarged
develop primarily within your kidneys, causing
kidneys
your kidneys to enlarge and lose function over
time.
Back or side
pain Development of an Heart valve
aneurysm in the brain abnormalities
Headaches
Abnormal genes cause polycystic Growth of cysts Heart valve
kidney disease, which means in the liver abnormalities
that in most cases, the disease Kidney
runs in families stones

Pregnancy Development of an
Blood in complications aneurysm in the brain
your urine

A genetic mutation occurs on its Colon

own (spontaneous), so that problems
neither parent has a copy of the High blood
mutated gene. pressure

A feeling of Kidney