Kidney Failure Causes
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A blockage from kidney stones has caused renal failure.
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Causes of Kidney Failure
Kidney disease causes the tiny filters in the kidneys (called nephrons) to lose their ability to filter. Damage to the nephrons may occur suddenly after an injury or poisoning. But, many kidney diseases take years or even decades to cause damage that is noticeable.
The two most commons causes are:
- Diabetes -high blood sugar can damage nephrons
- High Blood Pressure -severe high blood pressure can damage blood vessels in the kidneys
Others causes include:
- Kidney Infection
- Glomerulonephritis
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Birth defects
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Poisoning
- Severe Trauma
- Viral infections (eg, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C , HIV and AIDS )
- Long-term use of medicines that contain aspirin , acetaminophen , ibuprofen
- Abnormal build-up of substances within the kidneys (eg, Amyloidosis , protein build-up)
- Toxic reaction to drugs or x-ray dyes
- Systemic diseases (eg, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus , Polyarteritis Nodosa , Wegener's Granulomatosis
- Conditions that severely decrease the amount of blood (eg, Burns , Pancreatitis , Peritonitis )
- Conditions that make it difficult to urinate (eg, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia , Kidney Stones , tumors)
A blockage from kidney stones has caused renal failure.
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