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PART B ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY MACHINES
Causes of kidney failure
Kidney failure is a very critical condition that is also well known as end stage renal
disease. It is usually the last stage of chronic kidney disease. When an individual has his kidneys
fail it means they have stopped functioning well enough for them to survive without kidney
transplant or dialysis (Swazey, 2015). In most of the cases, the condition is caused by other
health problems that continuously cause damage to the kidney until it reaches a point when they
permanently damage the kidney. When the kidneys get damaged they have a very low
probability of working well as they should. If the damage progressively becomes worse and the
kidneys get weak to perform the job, an individual develops chronic kidney disease. This
condition is one of the most severe stage of the chronic kidney disease. For this reason, kidney
failure is regarded to as the end stage renal diseases (Swazey, 2015).
One of the most common cause for the condition is diabetes, the second cause is high
blood pressure. The other causes include autoimmune diseases such as lupus and IsA
nephropathy, we also have genetic disease- the disease that one gets born with for example
polycystic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome and urinary tract problems. Some other time, the
kidneys may express the form failing that occurs suddenly (within the two days). This form of
kidney failure is referred to as the acute kidney injury or acute renal failure. The common causes
include renal use of illegal drugs and genera drug abuse, heart attack, not enough blood flowing
to the kidneys and urinary tract problems.
Process of renal dialysis when using artificial kidney