What is the life expectancy of someone with Medullary Sponge Kidney?

As long as the disease is managed properly then you will live to a ripe old age

Medullary Sponge Kidney is not fatal. This disease rarely ever causes renal failure. Most common complications are stones and infections, follow a stone diet to aid in the prevention of stones, good exercise to stay healthy and follow your doctors plan for when infections or stones become a problem.

Unknown. I honestly do not know

You most likely will live a full life with msk however their are complications that may arise with having this disease like renal failure as your kidney function can slow down based on how severe your kidneys are effected by the disease... a lot of people are still dealing with only a few stones every few month and managing to live somewhat of a normal life and could be even able to hold down a part time job or even a full time job if your kidneys allow it others may end up having a stone block the kidney to where the back up of urine Can cause you to become septic ( an infection of the blood) because if the urine does not get out it will become infected and if not found in time for treatment of antibiotics and emergency surgery... you could die from what doctors consider “complications of msk”. But if your kidney function only ends up failing you will end up requiring dialysis As needed to help clean your kidneys like they would normally do if function is 100% and if or when dialysis stops working you will be required to have a kidney transplant that most likely will help a lot and for an unknown time to when your body will then cause this new kidney(s) will start to creat more stones as time goes on... but for a small few I know you could end up with the second chance of a msk free life after a transplant But as msk is more of a systematic disease that normally only effects your kidneys you could have a high risk of forming more stones again later on in your life

Medullary Sponge Kidney (Cacchi-Ricci Disease) is considered benign, and long-term prognosis is excellent.

Rarely does it lead to kidney disease or permanent damage but it is indeed possible! There is NO cure for this disease. Patients life expectancy can be effectively prolonged with measures to treat any problems quickly, prevent the serious complications, get regular checkups and follow your specialists directions.

My mother had this disease and lived with it until 96-1/2 years old. I think that’s a good run!

I am 53 and am in end stage waiting for confirmation of diagnosis. My kidneys are more stone than tissue. Guess I'm in that 10% that do have kidney failure. C'est la vie.

Magnesium Oxide keeps stones from forming and unbinds formed stones. Research from NIH, CDC and other research both clinical and peer reviewed on the interwebs. Read my story for what I experienced. I hope this helps EVERYONE suffering from kidney stones.