Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you’ve probably never heard of

If one parent has ADPKD, their child has a one in two chance of getting it. From shutterstock.comAutosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic kidney disorder, and the fourth most common cause of kidney failure in Australian adults. It affects about one in 1,000 Australians. In people with ADPKD, a mutation in one or two genes leads to the development and progressive growth of cysts in the kidneys, causing a decline in kidney function. Labor senator Malarndirri McCarthy, a Yanyuwa woman, recently spoke publicly about having ADPKD after she became unwell with a kidney infection and had to leave the Senate. But a newly available treatment for ADPKD shows promise for people with the disease. Read more: Explainer: what is chronic kidney disease

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