About Simple Kidney Cysts

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Simple Kidney Cysts

Simple kidney cysts are abnormal pouches containing fluid. The simple cyst is the most common form. Although its cause is not fully understood, we do know that the simple cyst is not an inherited condition. Single or multiple cysts may develop on small tubes in the kidneys.

Most often, simple cysts do not cause symptoms or harm the kidney. In some cases, however, pain can occur when cysts enlarge and press on other organs. Sometimes cysts become infected or suddenly start to bleed. Less often the cysts impair kidney function. Simple cysts can also cause high blood pressure.

Kidney cysts are found by taking pictures (CT scan and ultrasonography) of the kidneys. When simple cysts are found and there are no complications, no treatment is needed. If cysts cause symptoms, surgery may be needed.

source: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/cysts/index.htm

For More Information About Simple Kidney Cysts

American Kidney Fund
6110 Executive Boulevard
Suite 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 1-800-638-8299 or (301) 881-3052
Fax: (301) 881-0898
Email: helpline@akfinc.org
Internet: www.akfinc.org

National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 1-800-622-9010 or (212) 889-2210
Email: info@kidney.org
Internet: www.kidney.org

Additional Information on Simple Kidney Cysts

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse collects resource information on kidney and urologic diseases for the Combined Health Information Database (CHID). CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.

To provide you with the most up-to-date resources, information specialists at the clearinghouse created an automatic search of CHID. To obtain this information, you may view the results of the automatic search on Simple Kidney Cysts.

If you wish to perform your own search of the database, you may access the CHID Online website and search CHID yourself.

source: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/cysts/index.htm