About PLD

PLD, or Polycystic Liver Disease, is inherited either with liver cysts alone or with both liver and kidney cysts. The liver tissue becomes infused with 20 or more cysts, resulting in a hardening of the liver texture. As liver cysts continue to expand, over-filling the liver, this creates a constant compression of adjacent internal organs.

Eight times as many women are affected as men. For 92% of us, this liver expansion causes minimal problems; however, 8% of PLD patients go on to develop a more severe form of this disease with a myriad of symptoms caused by critical compression of adjacent organs. Cystic liver size is at the root of many of our difficulties. PLD rarely affects liver functioning however sometimes PLD diminishes the metabolism of estrogen through our cystic livers and rarely liver functioning can become compromised.

How is ADPLD Passed Onto Children?

Each child of a parent with ADPLD has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease, because the gene for ADPLD is dominant. The prospects are similar to a flip of a coin. So, although 1 in every 2 children has a chance of inheriting ADPLD, sometimes both or neither will be affected. This form of inheritance is called Autosomal Dominant inheritance.

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We are  sharing our experiences with PLD Diet, an adjunct diet to consider  trying to complement a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Think  about testing this only with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it, according to your own uniqueness by adding to your current  treatment.

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