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Nov
Several well-known as well as lesser known associations exist between chronic kidney disease CKD and both environmental agents and conditions such as heavy metals industrial chemicals. Numerous case reports were reported for kidney-toxic foods.
These agents may be physical or chemical may enter the human body through oral inhalational or transdermal routes and may exert effects on all organ systems.
Toxins that cause kidney disease. Food sources include contaminated water shellfish liver and kidney meats. People working in metal industries smelters and battery manufacturing can be exposed as well. Cadmium buildup can lead to chronic kidney disease as well as kidney prostate and.
Toxins present in the environment are a common but under-appreciated cause of kidney disease and kidney failure. Environmental causes typically include chemical agents eg. Heavy metals physical agents eg.
High temperatureheat dehydration and biologicalinfectious agents eg. These agents may be physical or chemical may enter the human body through oral inhalational or transdermal routes and may exert effects on all organ systems. Several well-known as well as lesser known associations exist between chronic kidney disease CKD and both environmental agents and conditions such as heavy metals industrial chemicals.
Nephrotoxicity is one of the most common kidney problems and occurs when your body is exposed to a drug or toxin that causes damage to your kidneys. When kidney damage occurs you are unable to rid your body of excess urine and wastes. Your blood electrolytes such as potassium and magnesium will all become elevated.
Numerous case reports were reported for kidney-toxic foods. Djenkol bean gallbladders carp fish pufferfish snake and star fruit only in chronic kidney disease patients and uncooked yam powder or juice. Acute intrinsic kidney failure Acute intrinsic kidney failure can result from direct trauma to the kidneys such as physical impact or an accident.
Causes also include toxin overload and ischemia. Various classes of antibiotics can harm the kidneys in different ways. Aminoglycosides such as tobramycin can cause toxicity in renal tubular cells which are more sensitive to the toxic effects of drugs because their role in kidney filtration exposes them to high levels of toxins.
Common OTC medications like aspirin other nonsteroidals NSAIDs or prescribed medications can all cause kidney disease. Cats that are known for being finicky about food and almost everything else will still eat pills they find on the counter or floor so keep all meds in cat- proof containers. Environmental toxins can cause physical problems like high blood pressure dehydration and many more that put pressure on the kidneys and create the condition of kidney failure.
Environmental causes of health problems can be biological eg. Bacteria or chemical eg. Myoglobin is the protein that stores oxygen in your muscles.
If you have too much myoglobin in your blood it can cause kidney damage. About 26000 cases of rhabdomyolysis are reported in the. Concerning the relative prevalence of chronic kidney disease caused by metals both occupational and nonoccupational cadmium and lead are common causes of chronic interstitial nephritis and tubular dysfunction while mercury is an uncommon cause of nephrotic syndrome and silicon is an uncommon cause of glomerulonephritis.
Glomerulonephritis a group of diseases that cause inflammation and damage to the kidneys filtering units. These disorders are the third most common type of kidney disease. Inherited diseases such as polycystic kidney disease which causes large cysts to form in the kidneys and damage the surrounding tissue.