Chronic kidney failure

Introduction: Chronic kidney failure

Chronic kidney failure: Gradual failure of the kidneys over a period of time. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic kidney failure is available below.

Symptoms of Chronic kidney failure

• No early symptoms
• Itching skin
• Fluid retention
• Tiredness
• Lethargy

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Chronic kidney failure:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Tests
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Chronic kidney failure

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chronic kidney failure?

• Misdiagnosis of Chronic kidney failure
• Failure to diagnose Chronic kidney failure
• Underlying causes of Chronic kidney failure (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Chronic kidney failure

Misdiagnosis and Chronic kidney failure

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »

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Causes of Chronic kidney failure

• Kidney disease - obviously ESRD starts as early kidney disease.
• Diabetic nephropathy - 43.2% (NIDDK) of kidney failure is due to diabetes; most common cause; 35.9% of cases (NHWIC).
• Hypertension - 23% of cases (NIDDK); 28.8% cases (NWHIC)
• Glomerulonephritis - 12.3% of cases (NIDDK); 11.4% cases (NWHIC)
• Polycystic kidney disease - 2.9% of cases (NIDDK, NWHIC)

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More information about causes of Chronic kidney failure:

• Underlying causes of Chronic kidney failure
• Chronic kidney failure as a complication caused by other conditions
• Chronic kidney failure as a symptom

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Reseach about Chronic kidney failure

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Clinical Trials for Chronic kidney failure

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Chronic kidney failure include:

• ADVANCE: Study to Evaluate Cinacalcet Plus Low Dose Vitamin D on Vascular Calcification in Subjects With Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Hemodialysis - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - cinacalcet
• Effect of Ferrlecit Versuss Oral Iron on Iron Deficient Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients Receiving Erythropoietic Agents - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex in Sucrose Injection (Ferrlecit®),Ferrous sulfate tablets
• Effect of Ferrlecit Versus Oral Iron on Iron Deficient Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex in Sucrose Injection (Ferrlecit®),Ferrous sulfate tablets
• Retrovir Capsules in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients in Renal Failure - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Zidovudine
• Niaspan in Diabetic Nephropathy - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Niaspan

See full list of 288 Clinical Trials for Chronic kidney failure

Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Chronic kidney failure

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Definitions of Chronic kidney failure:

An irreversible and usually progressive reduction in renal function in which both kidneys have been damaged by a variety of diseases to the extent that they are unable to adequately remove the metabolic products from the blood and regulate the body's electrolyte composition and acid-base balance. Chronic kidney failure requires HEMODIALYSIS or surgery, usually KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders - (Source - WordNet 2.1)