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Causes of Kidney failure

This section discusses 321 medical conditions causing Kidney failure. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Kidney failure:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Kidney failure. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Kidney failure listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Kidney failure as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Kidney failure:

The following list of conditions have 'Kidney failure' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acrorenal syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Acute liver failure ... kidney failure
  • AIDS-Associated Nephropathy ... kidney failure, progressive kidney failure
  • Alport Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome - mental retardation - midface hypoplasia - elliptocytosis ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Alport syndrome with macrothrombocytopenia ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Alsing syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Amyloidosis ... kidney failure
  • Arthrogryposis due to muscular dystrophy ... kidney failure

    B

  • Babesiosis ... kidney failure
  • Barakat syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Bartter Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Boichis syndrome ... kidney failure, progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Brachymesomelia-renal syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Brown snake poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Bywaters' syndrome ... kidney failure

    C

  • Cerebro oculo skeleto renal syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Cerebrorenodigital syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Aluminum ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Borates ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Camphor ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Pyrimidifen ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Toluene ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Triethylene Glycol ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - White Phosphorus ... kidney failure
  • Cholera ... kidney failure
  • Cholestatic jaundice -renal tubular insufficiency ... kidney failure
  • Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency ... kidney failure
  • Conorenal Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Copper poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Cortes-Lacassie syndrome ... kidney failure

    D

  • D-minus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D-HUS) - familial ... kidney failure
  • D-minus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D-HUS) - pregnancy related ... kidney failure
  • Danubian endemic familial nephropathy ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Death Angel poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Dent syndrome ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Dent's disease ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis ... kidney failure

    F

  • Fetal indomethacin syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Finnish nephrosis syndrome ... kidney failure

    G

  • Glomerulonephritis - sparse hair - telangiectases ... kidney failure
  • Glomerulopathy with fibronectin deposits ... kidney failure
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency ... kidney failure
  • Goldberg syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... kidney failure

    H

  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ... kidney failure
  • Hepatitis ... kidney failure
  • Holoprosencephaly - caudal dysgenesis ... kidney failure
  • Hypopituitarism - micropenis - cleft lip palate ... kidney failure
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome ... kidney failure

    I

  • Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... kidney failure

    J

  • Juvenile gout ... kidney failure
  • Juvenile nephronophthisis ... kidney failure

    L

  • Langer-Nishino-Yamaguchi syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Lipoprotein glomerulopathy ... progressive kidney failure
  • Lithium poisoning ... kidney failure

    M

  • Malignant Buotonneuse fever ... kidney failure
  • Mayapple poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Meier-Blumberg-Imahorn syndrome ... progressive kidney failure
  • Mesangial sclerosis, diffuse ... kidney failure
  • Methylcobalamin deficiency cbl G type ... kidney failure

    N

  • Necrobacillosis ... kidney failure
  • Nephrolithiasis type 1 ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Nephrolithiasis type 2 ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Nephronophthisis - hepatic fibrosis ... progressive kidney dysfunction
  • Nephronophthisis 2 ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophthisis 3 ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophthisis 4 ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophthisis 7 ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophthisis familial, adult - spastic quadriparesis ... kidney failure
  • Nephropathy familial with hyperuricemia ... kidney failure
  • Nephrotic syndrome ocular anomalies ... kidney failure
  • Neuroaxonal dystrophy - renal tubular acidosis ... kidney failure
  • Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV ... kidney failure
  • Norum disease ... progressive kidney failure

    O

  • Oculo skeletal renal syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Oculorenocerebellar syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Oligomeganephronic renal hypoplasia ... kidney failure
  • Optic nerve coloboma with renal disease ... kidney failure

    P

  • Pearson's anemia ... kidney failure
  • Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase superactivity ... kidney failure
  • Plasma cell leukemia ... kidney failure
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... kidney failure
  • Polycystic kidney disease ... kidney failure
  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 ... progressive kidney failure

    R

  • Renal Artery Stenosis ... kidney failure
  • Renal Tubular Acidosis ... kidney failure
  • Ritter syndrome ... kidney failure

    S

  • Salcedo syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Scleroderma ... progressive kidney failure
  • Scleroderma sine scleroderma ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken syndrome 1 ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken syndrome 3 ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken syndrome 4 ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken syndrome 5 ... kidney failure
  • Senior-Loken syndrome 6 ... kidney failure
  • Serpentine fibula - polycystic kidney syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome ... kidney failure, progressive kidney dysfunction

    T

  • Thieffry and Sorrell Dejerine syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Thromboembolism ... kidney failure

    V

  • Vesicoureteral reflux ... kidney failure

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... progressive kidney dysfunction

    Conditions listing medical complications: Kidney failure:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Kidney failure' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Accelerated hypertension ... kidney failure
  • Acute fatty liver of pregnancy ... kidney failure
  • Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency ... kidney failure
  • Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome - mental retardation - midface hypoplasia - elliptocytosis ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome with macrothrombocytopenia ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome, dominant type ... kidney failure
  • Alport syndrome, recessive type ... kidney failure
  • Amelogenesis Imperfeca, Hypoplastic, and Nephrocalcinosis ... kidney failure
  • Amyloidosis, inflammatory ... kidney failure
  • Amyloidosis, Inherited ... kidney failure
  • Analgesic nephropathy syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Analgesic syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Angiomyolipoma ... kidney failure
  • Anorexia Nervosa ... kidney failure
  • Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated disease ... kidney failure
  • Apparent mineralocorticoid excess ... kidney failure
  • Aristolochic Acid poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Atherosclerosis, premature - deafness - diabetes mellitus - photomyoclonus - nephropathy - degenerative neurologic disease ... kidney failure
  • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome ... kidney failure

    B

  • Bartter's syndrome, antenatal type 1 ... kidney failure
  • Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 ... kidney failure
  • Bernheim's syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Blue Diaper Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Body skin hyperlaxity due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency ... kidney failure
  • Brown Recluse spider poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Burnett's milk drinker's syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Burnett's syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Buttiens-Fryns syndrome ... kidney failure

    C

  • Carnevale-Canun-Mendoza syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - 1,4-Dioxane ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Aniline ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Anti-rust products ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Arsine ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromates ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresols ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresylic acid ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Dinitrocresol ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethylene Glycol ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Methanol ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Polyethylene Glycol - Low Molecular Weight ... kidney failure
  • Chemical poisoning - Uranium ... kidney failure
  • Cocaine overdose ... kidney failure
  • Colchicine poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Collagen type III glomerulopathy ... kidney failure
  • Congenital chloride diarrhea ... kidney failure
  • Congenital hepatic fibrosis ... kidney failure
  • Cope's syndrome ... kidney failure

    D

  • Dahlberg syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Darvocet overdose ... kidney failure
  • Deafness-mental retardation, Martin-Probst type ... kidney failure
  • Del(1) (23-q25) ... kidney failure
  • Dent syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Dent's disease ... kidney failure
  • Diabetic Nephropathy ... kidney failure
  • Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... kidney failure

    E

  • E-coli food poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Eating disorders ... kidney failure
  • Ecstasy overdose ... kidney failure
  • Edwards-Patton-Dilly syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Elapid poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Electrical burns ... kidney failure
  • Elephant's-ear poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Epidemic typhus ... kidney failure
  • Ethylene glycol poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Eugenol oil poisoning ... kidney failure

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... kidney failure
  • Fechtner syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Feigenbaum-Bergeron-Richardson syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis ... kidney failure
  • Frasier syndrome ... kidney failure

    G

  • Glomerulonephritis ... kidney failure
  • Glomerulonephritis - sparse hair - telangiectases ... kidney failure
  • Glomerulonephritis, membranous congenital due to anti-maternal NEP alloimmunisation ... kidney failure
  • Glory lily poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... kidney failure

    H

  • Hantavirosis ... kidney failure
  • Hepatic veno-occlusive disease - immunodeficiency ... kidney failure
  • Hepatorenal tyrosinemia ... kidney failure
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Pennyroyal Oil ... kidney failure
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Ajuga Nipponensis Makino ... kidney failure
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Autumn Crocus ... kidney failure
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Cleistanthus Collinus ... kidney failure
  • Hereditary amyloidosis ... kidney failure
  • Hinman syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Hydronephrosis ... kidney failure
  • Hydronephrosis congenital ... kidney failure
  • Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies ... kidney failure
  • Hyperkalemic Renal Tubular Acidosis ... kidney failure
  • Hyperparathyroidism ... kidney failure
  • Hypertension ... kidney failure
  • Hypertension due to coarctation of the aorta ... kidney failure
  • Hypertension of pregnancy ... kidney failure

    I

  • IgA nephropathy ... kidney failure
  • Immunotactoid glomerulonephritis ... kidney failure
  • Infantile hypophosphatasia ... kidney failure
  • Infundibulopelvic stenosis multicystic kidney ... kidney failure
  • Inverted smile - occult nephropathic bladder ... kidney failure

    J

  • Jeune syndrome - situs inversus ... kidney failure

    K

  • Kidney conditions ... kidney failure
  • Kidney disease ... kidney failure
  • Kidney disease-Induced Hypertension ... kidney failure

    L

  • Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A ... kidney failure
  • Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency, LCAT ... kidney failure
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Leptospirosis ... kidney failure
  • Liposarcoma ... kidney failure

    M

  • Malaria ... kidney failure
  • Malignant hypertension ... kidney failure
  • Malignant hyperthermia ... kidney failure
  • Medullary cystic kidney disease ... kidney failure
  • Medullary cystic kidney disease, dominant ... kidney failure
  • Meningococcal disease ... kidney failure
  • Meretoja syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Microcephaly - glomerulonephritis - Marfanoid habitus ... kidney failure
  • Milk poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Milk-Alkali syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Multiple Myeloma ... kidney failure
  • Myoglobinuria ... kidney failure
  • Myoglobinuria recurrent ... kidney failure
  • Myoglobinuria, dominant form ... kidney failure

    N

  • Nail-Patella Syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Naked brimcap poisoning ... kidney failure
  • Nephrocalcinosis ... kidney failure
  • Nephrolithiasis type 1 ... kidney failure
  • Nephrolithiasis type 2 ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophthisis, autosomal dominant ... kidney failure
  • Nephronophtisis familial, adult form - spastic quadriparesia ... kidney failure
  • Nephrosclerosis ... kidney failure
  • Nephrosis - deafness - urinary tract - digital malformation ... kidney failure
  • Nephrotic syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Non-diarrheal (D-) HUS syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Norum disease ... kidney failure

    O

  • Oxalosis ... kidney failure
  • Oxalosis, type I ... kidney failure
  • Oxalosis, Type II ... kidney failure

    P

  • Plant poisoning - Conline ... kidney failure
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... kidney failure
  • Polycystic kidney disease ... kidney failure
  • Polycystic kidney disease, infantile type ... kidney failure
  • Portuguese type amyloidosis ... kidney failure
  • Posterior valve, urethra ... kidney failure
  • Pregnancy toxemia /hypertension ... kidney failure
  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 2 ... kidney failure
  • Pseudoaldosteronism ... kidney failure
  • Pyelonephritis ... kidney failure

    R

  • Rambaud-Galian syndrome ... kidney failure
  • Renal hypomagnesemia - hypercalciuria - nephrocalcinosis ... kidney failure
  • Renal Magnesium Wasting - hypercalciuria - nephrocalcinosis - Ocular disorders ... kidney failure
  • Renal Tubular Acidosis ... kidney failure
  • Renal tubular acidosis, distal, type 4 ... kidney failure
  • RHYNS syndrome ... kidney failure

    S

  • Scleroderma ... kidney failure
  • Secondary Reflux ... kidney failure
  • Striped Blister Beetle poisoning ... kidney failure

    T

  • Toxic mushrooms - Anticholinergic ... kidney failure
  • Toxic mushrooms - cyclopeptides ... kidney failure
  • Toxic mushrooms - Monomethylhydrazine ... kidney failure
  • Toxic mushrooms - Renal toxic (orelline) ... kidney failure
  • Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis ... kidney failure

    U

  • Urine retention ... kidney failure
  • Urofacial syndrome ... kidney failure

    V

  • Vesicoureteral reflux ... kidney failure
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux 1 ... kidney failure
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux 2 ... kidney failure

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... kidney failure
  • White Chameleon poisoning ... kidney failure

    X

  • X-linked sideroblastic anemia ... kidney failure

    More Information About Kidney failure

    List of 321 causes of Kidney failure

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Kidney failure in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Kidney failure

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Kidney failure as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 127 drug side effect causes of Kidney failure]

    Drug interaction causes of Kidney failure:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Kidney failure.

    • Fenofibrate and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction
    • Lofibra and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction
    • Tricor and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction
    • Fenofibrate and atorvastatin interaction
    • Lofibra and atorvastatin interaction
    [See detailed list of 386 drug interaction causes of Kidney failure]

    Medical Textbooks about Kidney failure

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Kidney failure. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Kidney failure (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

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