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Kidney disease
Definition
Kidney disease is any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys. This may include:
- Acute kidney failure
- Acute nephritic syndrome
- Analgesic nephropathy
- Atheroembolic renal disease
- Chronic kidney failure
- Chronic nephritis
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome
- End-stage renal disease
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Interstitial nephritis
- Kidney cancer
- Kidney damage
- Kidney infection
- Kidney injury
- Kidney stones
- Lupus nephritis
- Membranoproliferative GN I
- Membranoproliferative GN II
- Membranous nephropathy
- Minimal change disease
- Necrotizing glomerulonephritis
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Nephropathy - IgA
- Nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome)
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Post-streptococcal GN
- Reflux nephropathy
- Renal artery embolism
- Renal artery stenosis
- Renal disorders
- Renal papillary necrosis
- Renal tubular acidosis type I
- Renal tubular acidosis type II
- Renal underperfusion
- Renal vein thrombosis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Symptoms
Signs and tests
Treatment
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Expectations (prognosis)
Complications
Calling your health care provider
Prevention
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