A baby does not need to be born with polycystic kidney disease. PKD is caused by a genetic defect.
You can't assume it would be a problem. It's not unusual for those born with a single kidney, with a single functioning kidney, or who donated a kidney to have a successful pregnancy.
i dont think that that will happen as my baby was born late and she has the condition i dont think that that will happen as my baby was born late and she has the condition
No. Unfortunately there is no cure for Cystic Fibrosis at this time.
-Doctors take a sweat test to see if you have cystic fibrosis.-About 2,500 babies are born with cystic fibrosis each year.
Cystic Fibrosis, is a recessive disease (meaning that both parents must be carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene, for the offspring to have a chance of being born with it). A child has a 25% chance (1/4) of being born with Cystic Fibrosis.
Depends. If your mother has cystic fibrosis and your father is a carrier, there is a 50% chance that any of their children will have cystic fibrosis. If the father is not a carrier, no children will have cystic fibrosis, but they will all be carriers.
It's unusual for a someone to be born with only one kidney.... is this a serious question?
Declan Kidney was born in 1959.
Robert Kidney was born in 1915.
Larry Kidney was born in 1939.
A baby koala normally weighs less than 1 gram and less than one inch long. it is said that baby koalas are about the size of a kidney bean when they are born.
Cystic Fibrosis affects approximately over 9,000 people in the UK and is the most common genetic disorder. According to the Cystic Fibrosis trusts website, approximately five babies each week are born with Cystic Fibrosis.