What Are The Main Kidney Cyst Symptoms?
Kidney cysts begin appearing on a person’s kidney due to the onset of a disease called Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Before we go on to discuss the main kidney cyst symptoms we will first look at what Polycystic Kidney Disease is and who is affected. Polycystic Kidney Disease is primarily an inherited condition, although as we will see this is not always the case. The most common form is known as autosomal dominant PKD. 90% of people with PKD are autosomal dominant. In this form, the person only needs to inherit the abnormal gene from the one of their parents that are affected, giving them a 1 in 2 chance of developing PKD. The other form of inherited PKD is known as autosomal recessive PKD. This affects children and requires that they inherit the abnormal gene from both of their affected parents. This results in a 1 in 4 possibility of inheriting PKD, with around 1 in 10,000 babies being affected. There is a third type of PKD which someone can get, even if neither of their parents
