Kidney Disease Information Center
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Kidney Infection or Pyelonephritis: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, Home Remedies, Prevention
What is Kidney Infection or Pyelonephritis?Kidney infection, which is commonly known as Pyelonephritis, is a specific type of urinary tract infection (UTI), which often...
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Kidney Cancer: Stages, Causes, Risk Factors, Signs, Symptoms, Tests, Treatment- Surgery
Cancer which originates in the kidneys is known as kidney cancer. Kidneys are bean-shaped organs, about the size of a fist and 2 in...
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Renal Cell Carcinoma (Cancer of Kidney): Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Stages, Treatment
Cancer originating in the kidneys is known as kidney cancer. The shape of our kidneys resembles the beans and each kidney is about the...
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Kidney Stones or Renal Calculus: Types, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Treatment, Investigations
What Are Kidney Stones or Renal Calculus?Kidney stones or renal calculus are hard crystalline mineral materials formed in kidneys or urinary tract from minerals in...
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Metabolic Acidosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Prevention
Acidosis- A medical condition in which the fluids present in the body start to develop increased amount of acidic content making the body fluids...
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Acute Renal Failure or Acute Kidney Injury: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Acute Renal Failure also known by the name of Acute Kidney Injury signifies the fact the kidneys of an individual have all of a...
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Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN): Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention
Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a serious disease of renal tubules of the kidney. Acute means sudden in occurrence and necrosis means irreversible cellular...
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Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase or APRT Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Prognosis
Kidney disorders- There are many medical disorders of the kidney which may give rise to kidney dysfunctions. One such disorder is Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase/APRT deficiency....
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Alport Syndrome or Hereditary Nephritis: Definition, Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Alport Syndrome or Hereditary Nephritis is a genetic disorder of kidney that often causes significant kidney malfunction. Hereditary Nephritis is quite rare. Gender wise,...
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Analgesic Nephropathy: Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Treatment, Prognosis, Prevention
Kidney Disorders- There are many pathological conditions affecting the kidney. These conditions can be caused due to various factors. One of the factors which...