What Causes Chronic Kidney Disease?

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the two main causes of Chronic Kidney Disease and two-thirds of Chronic Kidney Disease is caused by them. Diabetes happens when blood sugar is too high, and it causes damages to many organs in your body. It may also cause damage of the kidneys and heart, as well as blood vessels, nerves and eyes. High blood pressure occurs when the pressure of blood against the walls of your blood vessels increases. If uncontrolled, or ineffectively controlled, high blood pressure can be a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Also, Chronic Kidney Disease can cause high blood pressure.
Some other conditions following can also affect the kidneys.
1. Glomerulonephritis, a group of diseases that cause inflammation and damage to the kidney's filtering units. These disorders are the third most common type of Chronic Kidney Disease.
2. Inherited diseases, such as Polycystic Kidney Disease, which causes large cysts to form in the kidneys and damage the surrounding tissues.
3. Malformations that occur as a baby develops in his mother's womb. For example, a narrowing may occur that prevents normal outflow of urine and causes urine to flow back up to the kidney. This causes infections and may damage the kidneys.
4. Lupus and other diseases that affect the body's immune Immunotherapy.
5. Obstructions caused by problems like kidney stones, tumors or an enlarged prostate gland in men.

6. Repeated urinary infections.