Renal disease

Renal disease is the name for a disease or condition that mainly affects the kidneys. Medical words for renal disease are nephropathy or nephrosis. 

There are many possible causes of renal disease, including:
Diabetes
High blood pressure 
Some pain medicines which affect how well the kidneys work, if they are taken over a longer time period
If a person has an organ transplantation, certain drugs need to be taken to keep the immune system from attacking the new organ. These often affect the kidneys.
Certain diseases, like from eating bread contaminated with Aristolochic acid
Certain viruses, such as HIV
If renal disease gets bad enough, it can cause renal failure, where the kidneys do not work at all.

Category:Diseases