Kidney disease

Kidney Disease in Children is a series of fact sheets developed by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health.
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Resources - kidney disease
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The following organizations are good resources for information on kidney disease:
National Kidney Foundation ...
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Chronic Kidney Disease Overview
Normal Kidneys and Their Function
The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs that lie on either side of your spine in the lower middle of your back.
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Kidney Disease
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A Kidney Disease Mystery: What is FSGS?
Summary & Participants
Many cases of kidney disease in the United States are linked to serious medical conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes, ...
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Diets for kidney disease must include sufficient calories to prevent weight loss and the use of protein for energy. Due to the many food restrictions, people who have kidney disease usually need supplements of vitamins, iron, and calcium.
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
This hereditary kidney disorder occurs in two main forms. The more common form, known as adult polycystic disease (APCD), usually develops in adulthood but may, in rare cases, manifest itself in infancy or childhood.
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Polycystic kidney disease causes your kidneys to gradually lose their ability to eliminate wastes from your blood and maintain your body's balance of fluids and chemicals.
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
Dr Trisha Macnair
Dr Rob Hicks
In PKD fluid-filled cysts develop giving the kidneys a honeycomb appearance. It is one of the most common inherited disorders, and the fourth commonest cause of kidney failure.
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Medullary cystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys involving both the tubules and glomeruli, characteristically resulting in anemia, ...
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Medullary cystic kidney disease
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A low-protein diet is used in people with abnormal kidney function to prevent worsening of their kidney disease. The diet is often low in sodium and potassium as well. For some people on this diet, fluid restriction is also necessary.
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Kidney disease is present in at least 30% of people with nail-patella syndrome. Biopsy shows lesions that resemble those of inflammation of the clusters of capillaries in the kidneys (glomerulonephritis), but without any infection present.
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Kidney disease is diagnosed by analyzing urine and measuring certain blood chemicals, such as creatinine and urea nitrogen. Additional tests may be necessary to determine the exact reason that the kidneys have stopped working.
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Kidney disease
Damage to the cells of the kidney so that filtration is impaired. Uncontrolled diabetes may result in kidney damage. Also called nephropathy.
Large birth weight ...
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Kidney disease
Any disorder which impairs the kidney's ability to remove waste and toxins from the body.
Myasthenis gravis ...
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Has kidney disease.
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Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting
Anticipatory nausea and vomiting occur after the patient has undergone several cancer treatments. It occurs in response to triggers, such as odors in the therapy room.
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Some kidney diseases, such as polycystic kidney disease (when the organs develop scores or even hundreds of small cysts) are inherited.
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You have kidney disease.
You have a glandular disorder; for example, if your thyroid gland isn't making enough thyroid hormone.
You have an illness or injury that causes muscle breakdown.
Your blood level of magnesium may be lower than normal if: ...
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Polycystic kidney disease - a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts filled with fluid in the kidneys.
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Polycystic kidney disease can lead to kidney failure. This article provides information about the disease and how it is treated.
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(nfr´ss), kidney disease characterized by lesions of the epithelial lining of the renal tubules, ...
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Acute or chronic kidney disease
Acute or chronic liver disease
CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
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White blood cells are often a sign of infection, cancer, or kidney disease.
Casts. Some types of kidney disease can cause plugs of material (called casts) to form in tiny tubes in the kidneys. The casts can then get flushed out into the urine.
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Alport syndrome, a form of nephritis, a kidney disease
Canavan disease of the brain
Congenital neutropenia, a blood condition
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disease
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, a birth defect ...
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Pyridorin (pyridoxamine) Investigational post-Amadori AGE inhibitor currently in phase II trials to evaluate its efficacy in inhibiting progression of albuminuria in patients with early-stage diabetic kidney disease.
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CAUSES"Autoimmune disorders can result from conditions ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to kidney disease. Unrelenting stress, chronic allergies, chronic infections can exhaust the immune system.
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MEDULLARY CYSTIC DISEASE - A rare hereditary kidney disease characterized by the gradual loss of kidney function due to the presence of cysts in the renal medulla.
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Nephritis. A group of kidney diseases manifested by albumin in the urine and edema (swelling).
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The tubular passages, also called bronchial tubes, that carry air into the lungs.
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A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney disease.
nephrotomogram (nef-ro-TOE-mo-gram) ...
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These include the elderly, people who have lung disease (bronchitis, asthma, emphysema), heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, whose immune systems have been weakened by disease or treatment and people who live in nursing, ...
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While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer.
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Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, kidney disease and many other life-threatening conditions cause fatigue.
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Other factors may include the creation of too much uric acid. Diseases that occur because of calcium deposits, such as osteoarthritis, may be caused by heredity, diabetes, or kidney disease. Most of them though have no clear cause.
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