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Hi, chronic kidney disease occurs when a disease or condition impairs kidney function, causing kidney damage to worsen over several months or years. Diseases and conditions that commonly cause chronic kidney disease include: type 1 or type 2 diabetes high blood pressure glomerulonephritis an inflammation of the kidney's filtering units (glomeruli) interstitial nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney's tubules and surrounding structures polycystic kidney disease prolonged obstruction of the urinary tract, from conditions such as enlarged prostate, kidney stones and some cancers vesicoureteral reflux, a condition that causes urine to back up into your kidneys. Recurrent kidney infection, also called pyelonephritis. Or it can be idiopathic (i. E. Unknown cause, often associated with small kidneys on renal ultrasound.
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