Chronic kidney disease
October 8, 2008 by Liz Harper · Leave a Comment
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(Today another guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Read more about Dr Weissenberger here)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly also known as chronic renal disease, is a progressive, and generally permanent, loss of kidney function over a period of months or years.
If a permanent loss of more the one-third of kidney function occurs, this is defined as chronic kidney disease.
Chronic kidney disease if often associated with, or linked as a secondary condition to, heart diseases and diabetes.
Chronic kidney disease can lead to chronic kidney failure. An increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease is found with those who: Read more
