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In chronic kidney disease (CKD), a common condition that can affect people of all age groups, kidneys are irreversibly damaged and cannot filter blood effectively..
While it is more common in people who have diabetes, high blood pressure and other such health conditions, it can also affect children who are born with this congenital anomaly or teenagers suffering from conditions like glomerulonephritis (inflammation of kidneys) or nephrotic syndrome..
"Other causes can include prematurity, infections, inflammation, glomerulonephritis (inflammation of filtering units), vesicoureteral reflux (urine flows back into the kidneys from the bladder), haemolytic uremic syndrome (a rare condition that occurs after a bacterial infection), and polycystic disease (a genetic condition where fluid-filled cysts develop in the kidneys)," says Dr Krishnamurthy...
Dr Krishnamurthy says while in the early stages, chronic kidney disease may not show any signs or symptoms, as the condition progresses, children may experience fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, weight loss, decreased urine output, urine that appears foamy or bubbly, swelling of the hands, feet, or face, high blood pressure, blood in the urine, anaemia among others...
Haemodialysis uses a machine to filter the blood, while peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of the abdominal cavity to filter the blood.. Kidney transplant: End-stage CKD cases require a transplant which involves surgically transplanting a healthy kidney from a donor into the child's body..
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