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Nephropathy refers to damage to or disease of the kidney. An older term for this is nephrosis.

Causes of nephropathy include administration of analgesics, xanthine oxidase deficiency, and long-term exposure to lead or its salts. Chronic conditions that can produce nephropathy include systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure (hypertension), which lead to diabetic nephropathy and hypertensive nephropathy, respectively

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Sylver Quevedo, M.D., M.P.H.

First, it's always important to have an overall medical checkup to establish the exact stage of your kidney disease and address issues like kidney filtration rate, blood pressure and anemia.

I would also do a full renal evaluation to exclude other possible causes, including an ultrasound that can identify anatomic abnormalities - horseshoe-shaped kidney, for example, or undiagnosed blockage in the urinary tract or kidney stones.

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Kidney disease: Reduced kidney function from various causes. Kidney disease is any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys.Although kidney disease is serious and potentially life-threatening, it can have an insidious onset without noticable symptoms. Hence, many people start to get kidney disease without being aware of it.

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