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  2. Numerous factors can cause kidney disease. Here are the ... - AOL

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    The chronic disease causes more deaths each year than breast cancer or prostate cancer, according to the National Kidney Foundation. What causes kidney disease? The most common causes of CKD are ...

  3. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Chronic kidney failure has numerous causes. The most common causes of chronic failure are diabetes mellitus and long-term, uncontrolled hypertension. [27] Polycystic kidney disease is another well-known cause of chronic failure. The majority of people affected with polycystic kidney disease have a family history of the disease.

  4. Nephrotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This is a frequent development in children but very rarely found in adults. [16] Acute kidney failure due to hypovolemia: the loss of vascular fluid into the tissues (edema) produces a decreased blood supply to the kidneys that cause a loss of kidney function. Thus it is a tricky task to get rid of excess fluid in the body while maintaining ...

  5. Chronic kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    The cause of chronic kidney disease is in some cases not known; it is referred to as chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu). As of 2020 [update] a rapidly progressive chronic kidney disease, unexplained by diabetes and hypertension, had increased dramatically in prevalence over a few decades in several regions in Central America and ...

  6. Kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney disease usually causes a loss of kidney function to some degree and can result in kidney failure, the complete loss of kidney function. Kidney failure is known as the end-stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment option.

  7. Nephritic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Out of the 1,374,392 female deaths reported in the US in 2017, kidney disease was listed as the cause of death for 24,889 women and was reported as the 9th overall cause of death for women in 2017. [45] Out of the 1,439,111 male deaths reported in the US in 2017, kidney disease was not listed in the top 10 causes of death. [45]

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