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Causes and risk factors associated with Chronic Kidney Failure

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The most common causes of chronic kidney disease are:

High blood pressure. High blood pressure damages the smallest blood vessels in the kidneys and prevents them from filtering correctly.

Diabetes. If diabetes is poorly controlled, then sugar accumulates in the blood and reduces renal filtration capacity.

Patients often present both high blood pressure and diabetes together, which consequently increases the damage to the kidneys. Correct control over high blood pressure and diabetes slows the progression of chronic kidney disease and decreases cardiovascular risk.

Other causes of chronic kidney disease

Other causes of chronic kidney disease include:

Glomerulonephritis, a condition that produces inflammation in the renal filtration units (nephrons). It is usually caused by an immune system dysfunction that identifies an area of the kidney as being foreign.
Polycystic kidney disease, a genetic disease in which the kidneys become restructured and normal renal structures are replaced by large cysts that eventually destroy the kidneys and subsequently result in a loss of function.

Diabetes High Blood Pressure

Substantiated information by:

Anna Yuguero Physiotherapist Nephrology Department

Bárbara Romano Andrioni Dietitian - Nutritionist Endocrinology and Nutrition Department

Manel Vera Rivera Nephrologist Nephrology Department

Marta Quintela Martínez Nurse Nephrology Department

María Teresa López Alonso Nursing of Vascular Access Nephrology Department

Montserrat Monereo Font Social Worker Nephrology Department

Ángeles Mayordomo Sanz Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse Nephrology Department

Published: 20 February 2018
Updated: 20 February 2018

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