PKD Awareness http://www.pkdawareness.com Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:55:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Welcome http://www.pkdawareness.com/2011/03/welcome/ http://www.pkdawareness.com/2011/03/welcome/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:08:05 +0000 PKD Awareness http://www.pkdawareness.com/?p=1 You’ve probably never heard of PKD until now. Don’t feel bad about it — I had never heard of it, either, until I was diagnosed with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) a few years ago. ADPKD is the most common type of PKD, and doesn’t begin to show symptoms until the person is in their 30s or 40s. But about 10% of people with PKD have Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD), a far more serious form of the disease which affects the individual from birth.

The mint green ribbon is for awareness of Polycystic Kidney Disease.

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