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PKD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does PKD mean?
• PKD (noun)
The noun PKD has 1 sense:
1. kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
Familiarity information: PKD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
PKD; polycystic kidney disease
Hypernyms ("PKD" is a kind of...):
kidney disease; nephropathy; nephrosis; renal disorder (a disease affecting the kidneys)
Context examples
Doctors diagnose PKD with imaging tests and family history.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Unlike PKD, the kidneys are normal sized, and cysts do not form in other parts of the body.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Symptoms of PKD include: • Pain in the back and lower sides • Headaches • Urinary tract infections • Blood in the urine
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
PKD also causes cysts in other parts of the body, such as the liver.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
In PKD, the cysts take the place of the normal tissue.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Treatments include medications, and, when people with PKD develop kidney failure, dialysis or kidney transplants.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
When PKD causes kidneys to fail - which usually happens after many years - people need dialysis or kidney transplantation.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
About half of people with the most common type of PKD end up with kidney failure.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) runs in families.
(Kidney Cysts, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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