Kidney disease

Definition
Kidney disease is classified as any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys. This may include:

• acute kidney failure
  
• acute nephritic syndrome
  
• analgesic nephropathy
  
• atheroembolic renal disease
  
• chronic kidney failure
  
• chronic nephritis
  
• congenital nephrotic syndrome
  
• end-stage renal disease
  
• Goodpasture’s syndrome
  
• IgM mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
  
• interstitial nephritis
  
• kidney cancer
  
• kidney damage
  
• kidney infection
  
• kidney injury
  
• kidney stones
  
• lupus nephritis
  
• membranoproliferative GN I
  
• membranoproliferative GN II
  
• membranous nephropathy
  
• minimal change disease
  
• necrotizing glomerulonephritis
  
• nephroblastoma
  
• nephrocalcinosis
  
• nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
  
• IgA nephropathy (Berger’s disease)
  
• nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome)
  
• polycystic kidney disease
  
• post-streptococcal GN
  
• reflux nephropathy
  
• renal artery embolism
  
• renal artery stenosis
  
• renal disorders
  
• renal papillary necrosis
  
• renal tubular acidosis type I
  
• renal tubular acidosis type II
  
• renal underperfusion
  
• renal vein thrombosis

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