Chronic Kidney Disease concludes the conditions that damage our kidneys and
decrease their ability to keep our healthy. With many different causes, Chronic
Kidney Disease can causes piling up of wastes in our blood and then make us feel
sick. Due to the inability of kidneys, people suffering from Chronic Kidney
Disease may develop many complications such as heart problem which may become
the root cause of our death. Since kidneys are so important in our activities,
then what can cause Chronic Kidney Disease?
Firstly, Hypertension is one of the leading causes of Chronic Kidney Disease.
As blood pressure against the walls of blood vessels, large amount of protein
may leak out of blood vessels. Long-term leakage of protein will cause damage to
the filtration membrane which is composed of different function cells, leading
to the vicious circle. Great destroy of renal damage is difficult to reverse and
will give rise to beforehand failure of kidneys. This is the reason why is
hematuria(Hematuria and Kidney Disease) not as terrible as proteinuria(Proteinuria and Kidney Disease) for people with Chronic Kidney
Disease.
Secondly, another leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease is Diabetes.
Diabetes happens when blood sugar is too high. Long time increased blood sugar
not only causes damages to kidneys, but also causes damages to our many other
organs such as heart, nerves, blood vessels and eyes. As the leading causes of
Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension and Diabetes are responsible for up to
two-thirds of the cases.
Thirdly, being divided into primary glomerulonephritis and secondary
glomerulonephritis, glomerulonephritis is another major cause of Chronic Kidney
Disease. It mainly refers to the glomerular damage and the chief manifestations
of it are proteinuria, hematuria, swelling and high blood pressure.
Fourthly, inherited disease such as Polycystic Kidney Disease which means
there are many cysts on the kidneys can cause Chronic Kidney Disease as well.
Enlarged cysts will oppress the surrounding renal tissues, leading to the
ability of some of renal intrinsic cells and as a result, glomerular filtration
rate decreases. Glomerular filtration rate is one of the major indexes
indicating Chronic Kidney Disease and decreased of it usually indicates the poor
renal function.
Apart from these, there are some other causes, and if you want to know more,
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