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Polycystic Kidney Disease, Non-hereditary polycystic kidney disease In about 1 in 10 people who develop polycystic kidney disease, the faulty gene is a new mutation in th...
Diabetic Kidney Disease, To find out more about the kidneys and urine, see the leaflet called What do kidneys do? What is diabetic kidney disease? Diabetic kidne...
Diet in Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common long-term condition where the kidneys aren't working as well as they should be. , Chronic ...
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), In most people who have chronic kidney disease there is only a mild or moderate drop in kidney function. Acute kidney injury (AKI...
Inherited Kidney Diseases, An example is focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and chronic kidney disease in African-American patients. [ 1 ] Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary t...
Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease, What is acute on chronic kidney disease? [ 1 ] Patients with chronic kidney disease , especially in more advanced stages (eGFR less ...
Anaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease, What causes anaemia in chronic kidney disease? (Aetiology) [ 1 , 2 ] In patients with chronic kidney disease , normochromic normo...
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Synonym: chronic renal failure What is chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Chronic kidney disease (CKD) describes abnormal kidney ...
Polycystic Kidney Disease (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment), Synonym: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease What is polycystic kidney disease? This is the m...
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease, [ 1 ] Both autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease ( ARPKD ) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ( ...
The Kidneys and Urinary Tract, Some disorders of the kidneys and urinary tract Bedwetting Cancer of the bladder Cancer of the kidney Cancer of the penis Cancer of t...
Treatments for Kidney Conditions, People with chronic kidney disease may have high levels of certain salts in their blood and medicines such as sevelamer are used to lower them.
Acute Kidney Injury, Some medicines (see previous section for medicines that can harm the kidneys). Kidney diseases. The dye (contrast) that is used for some kinds of ...
Kidney Infection (Pyelonephritis), You already have a problem with your kidneys, such as polycystic kidney disease or chronic kidney disease . You have a condition where instea...
Kidney Transplant, and the separate leaflet called Chronic Kidney Disease . Although dialysis can be used to make up for the loss of kidney function, this is inconvenien...
Kidney Stones, What can be done to rule out or confirm an underlying cause? Kidney stones are common and they are not caused by any known underlying disease for most peop...
Kidney Biopsy (Renal Biopsy), A kidney biopsy involves taking a small sample of tissue from the kidney. Cells from the kidney can then be looked at in detail. , ...
Routine Kidney Function Blood Test , See also the leaflets on Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease . Other tests of kidney function The routine...
IgA Nephropathy (Berger's Disease), Treatment with steroids is controversial but steroids may reduce the amount of protein leaking from the kidneys into the urine. Steroids may a...
Acute Kidney Injury, Urine output and eGFR fall, and may also be used for detection and monitoring of the condition. Acute kidney disease staging Acute kidney disease...