Man has kidneys the size of a newborn baby

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, also known as ADPKD, is caused by the presence of multiple cysts within the kidneys. The complication causes them to grow slowly and to be filled with fluid such as a bladder or blister. It doesn't look very cool, does it?

It was exactly this disease that a 45-year-old Indian man was suffering from. And ADPKD had already evolved so much in his body that the kidneys weighed a whopping 5.2 kg and were 20 times larger than the common internal organ size - the right kidney weighed 2.7 kg and the left one 2.5 kg. That is, he practically carried two babies inside him.

Fortunately, he underwent surgery at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and the organs were removed. Both beat the Guinness record, which marked a heavier kidney as a 2.1 kg - usually the organ weighs between 125 and 170 g in men.

According to the patient, he was lying down most of the time because of excessive blood loss. He went to the hospital during a bout of high fever, blood in the urine and severe abdominal pain.

According to the hospital, it took three hours to remove giant kidneys before dialysis. "The patient is recovering and is waiting for a transplant soon, " said Sir Ganga Ram in community.

DRPAD affects one out of every 700 / 1, 000 people in the world. More than 12.5 million cases have been reported globally - polycystic kidney disease has no cure. Two-thirds of adults with the problem will develop high blood pressure, and 1 in 12 will suffer from small brain aneurysms.