Diabetes, hypertension, and obesity account for 70% of kidney ailments in the United States.
Other causes of kidney disease include:
- Inherited diseases, such as Polycystic Kidney Disease or PKD
- Congenital deformity leading to obstruction of the urinary tract
- Obstructions caused by kidney stones, tumors, or an enlarged prostate gland in men
- Repeated urinary infections, kidney infections (pyelonephritis), or blood infections (septicemia)
- Reduced blood supply to the kidneys
- Kidney cancer
- Lupus
- Drug overdose or ingestion of toxic substances
- Intravenous drug abuse
- Trauma or injury to the kidneys or renal arteries