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HEALTHTOUCH - Polycystic Kidney Disease
This site has a list of four links related to Polycystic Kidney Disease -- general information on PKD, information on Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, information on Autosomal Recessive Polycystic kidney Disease, research, and further PKD resouces.
Information from Your Family Doctor – Polycystic Kidney Disease
The Information from Your Family Doctor site is a page off of the general site of the American Academy of Family Physicians. This site contains some useful information on PKD, such as a description of PKD, effects of this disease, what other organs can be affected by PKD, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. There is also helpful information on who in one’s immediate family should be checked for PKD, and whether PKD can be diagnosed in unborn babies.
National Kidney and Urologic Disease Information Clearinghouse – Polycystic Kidney Disease
This site provides information on Polycystic Kidney Disease in easy-to-understand terms and clear explanations. This site gives a general description of PKD, then goes more in-depth the describe the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Autosomal Dominant PKD, Autosomal Recessive PKD, and Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease. There is also information on the search for PKD genes, as well as additional resources for information.
Polycystic Kidney Disease
This PKD site explains this disease both in general, and in depth. In general, this site explains what PKD is, what the symptoms are, who the disease affects, how to be sure if one has PKD, what treatments/therapies are available, and what is the best way to manage PKD. In depth, this site explains how the kidneys work, how PKD works, how PKD starts, how it progresses, and what research in being done. This site also includes a glossary, and links throughout its pages referring to relevant information. (A new and more in-depth website is being developed by the same creator, under the following URL: http://www.nhpress.com/pkd/. However this site is currently under construction.)
The Polycystic Kidney Disease Information Page
This website is the creation of an individual whose father died of PKD at a time when, due to lack of information, there was little to be done about prevention or detection. This page provides access to information about Polycystic Kidney Disease, offering a newsletter, a low protein diet page, as well as links to other PKD pages, and dialysis/transplant links. Included is a chat room, a guest book, and messages boards for patients to be able to encourage and support one another.
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