What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?
What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?
Having Chronic Kidney Disease means that your kidneys are not working as well as they once did. Your kidneys play an important role to filter the blood. They remove waste products and extra fluid and flush them from the body as urine. With loss of kidney function, there is a build up of water; wastes; and toxic substances in the body. You may develop complications such as high blood pressure, anemia, weak bones, poor nutritional health and nerve damage. Also, kidney disease increases your risk of having heart and blood vessel disease.
Chronic Kidney Disease has been happening bit by bit for many years as a result of damage to your kidneys. Eventually, Kidney Failure can be caused, which requires dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive.
Five stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
StageDescriptionGFR
1Kidney damage with normal or increased GFR>=90
2Kidney damage with mild GFR fall60-89
3Moderate fall in GFR30-59
4Severe fall in GFR15-29
5Established renal failure< 15 or dialysis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Chronic Kidney Disease is caused by damage to the kidneys. The most common causes of this damage are:
·Diabetes (high blood sugar).
Other conditions that affect the kidneys are:
·Glomerulonephritis, a group of diseases that cause inflammation and damage to the kidney's filtering units.
·Inherited diseases like Polycystic Kidney Disease, which causes large cysts to form in the kidneys and damage the surrounding tissue.
·Malformations that a baby is born with.
· Lupus and other diseases that affect the body's immune system.
·Repeated urinary infections.
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