What is chronic kidney disease?

Tuesday, August 15, 2023 | 10 Views |

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) includes conditions that damage your kidneys and decrease their ability to keep you healthy by filtering wastes from your blood.

If kidney disease worsens, wastes can build to high levels in your blood and make you feel sick. You may develop complications like:

high blood pressure anemia (low blood count) weak bones poor nutritional health nerve damage Kidney disease also increases your risk of having heart and blood vessel disease.

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