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Polycystic Kidney Disease
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis rare
Incidenceis approximately 1 in 800 people
Linked signs and symptoms
19Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
- Blood Pressure High (Hypertension)
- Cramps Abdomen
- Digits Pallor
- Drowsiness
- Fatigue
- Heart Murmur (Detected by Stethoscope)
- Liver Enlarged Or Tender
- Nausea
- Pain Abdominal
- Pain Back
- Pain During Menstruation (Dysmenorrhoea)
- Pain Joint (Arthralgia)
- Pain Side (Flank)
- Skin Dry
- Swelling (Oedema, Edema)
- Urination Increase At Night (Nocturia)
- Urination of Large Volume of Urine (Polyuria)
- Urine Contains Abnormal Protein (Proteinuria)
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
6Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
1Medical therapy
2Alternative and complementary therapies
1Alternative medicine
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
19These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Acid Phosphatase Concentration
- Apolipoprotein A Concentration
- Apolipoprotein B Concentration
- Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test
- Calcitonin (Thyrocalcitonin) Concentration
- Chloride Concentration (Blood)
- Creatinine Clearance (CrCl)
- Fetal Nuchal Translucency (FNT on Ultrasound)
- Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps)
- Folic Acid (Folate) Concentration
- Protein S Concentration
- Sodium Concentration (Na, Blood)
- Triglyceride (TGs) Concentration
- Triiodothyronine (Free T3) Concentration
- Triiodothyronine (Total T3) Concentration
- Triiodothyronine Uptake Test
- Urine Chloride Concentration
- Urine Haemologlobin (Hb) Concentration
- Urine Red Blood Cells Concentration
Biological and test markers
19This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
11- Acid PhosphataseReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y), Male: 8.7–12.5 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 2.2–10.4 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Acid Phosphatase Concentration
- Apolipoprotein B (Apo B)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 47–115 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 52–120 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Apolipoprotein B Concentration
- Calcitonin (CT)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 0–14 pg/mL; All, Male: 0–19 pg/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Calcitonin (Thyrocalcitonin) Concentration
- Chloride (Blood, Cl)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 97–106 mEq/L; Birth - 2wks: 94–106 mEq/LLinked diagnostic tests1Chloride Concentration (Blood)
- Fetal Nuchal Thickness on Ultrasound (Pregnancy Weeks 10 to 14)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 2.18–2.5Linked diagnostic tests1Fetal Nuchal Translucency (FNT on Ultrasound)
- Fibrin Split ProductsReference range exampleAll: 0–1 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products
- TriglyceridesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 32–137 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 35–155 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests2Triglyceride (TG's) Concentration, Triglyceride (TGs) Concentration
- Triiodothyronine Uptake PercentageReference range exampleAll: 25–38 %Linked diagnostic tests1Triiodothyronine Uptake Test
- Uric Acid, BloodReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 2.5–7 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4–8 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test
- Urine Haemoglobin (Hb)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–0.02 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Haemologlobin (Hb) Concentration
- Urine Red Blood CellsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–2 /hpfLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Red Blood Cells Concentration
Often decreased
8- Apolipoprotein A (Apo A)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 85–170 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 77–155 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Apolipoprotein A Concentration
- Creatinine Clearance RateReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 87–110 ml/minute; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 100–140 ml/minuteLinked diagnostic tests1Creatinine Clearance (CrCl)
- Folic Acid (Folate)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 14–51 ng/mL; Child (0 - 16y): 5–21 ng/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Folic Acid (Folate) Concentration
- Protein SReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 50–120 %; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 55–120 %Linked diagnostic tests1Protein S Concentration
- Sodium (Na, Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 134–150 mEq/L; Child (0 - 16y): 136–145 mEq/LLinked diagnostic tests1Sodium Concentration (Na, Blood)
- Triiodothyronine (Free T3)Reference range example2.7–4.9 pg/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Triiodothyronine (Free T3) Concentration
- Triiodothyronine (Total T3)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 1.1–2.43 ng/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 1–2.1 ng/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Triiodothyronine (Total T3) Concentration
- Urine ChlorideReference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 2–10 mmol/day; Child (0 - 16y): 15–14 mmol/dayLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Chloride Concentration
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
St John's Wort (Goatweed, tipton weed, Hypericum Perforatum) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: No recommendation (Available evidence does not support claims that St Johns Wort can help to treat kidney disease)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/st-johns-wort
3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-stjohnswort.html
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18843608
5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939866
6. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/ataglance.htm
7. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/sjw-and-depression.htm
8. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/how-is-depression-detected-and-treated.shtml
9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939872
10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12132963
11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16423519
12. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/22/2633