Does Chronic Kidney Disease Cause Poly Cystic Kidney Disease?
Hi, my dad has chronic kidney disease and has had this for a long time now, he is 60 and has had many scans on his kidneys over the years but the recent one showed he has cysts and enlarged kidneys, could this be poly cystic kidneys or has this developed because of his chronic kidney disease? We have absolutely no history of poly cystic disease in our family so I was thinking the cysts have developed due to his kidneys which have 8% function.
After chronic kidney disease patient can develop multiple cysts in the kidneys and the entity is known as Multicystic kidney disease. As far as polycystic kidney disease is concerned actually this by itself causes chronic kidney disease. Polycystic kidney disease is altogether a different disease and this is a cause of Kidney failure.There is a difference between multicystic kidney and polycystic kidney.
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Does Chronic Kidney Disease Cause Poly Cystic Kidney Disease?
Hi Welcome to HCM After chronic kidney disease patient can develop multiple cysts in the kidneys and the entity is known as Multicystic kidney disease. As far as polycystic kidney disease is concerned actually this by itself causes chronic kidney disease. Polycystic kidney disease is altogether a different disease and this is a cause of Kidney failure.There is a difference between multicystic kidney and polycystic kidney.