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Chronic kidney disease

Meaning in medicine, with examples

nounCommon term

In medicine, chronic kidney disease means: Long-term loss of kidney function, lasting at least three months, which usually gets worse slowly over years.

In Turkish: kronik böbrek hastalığı, KBH, kronik böbrek yetmezliği

How it is used

Shortened to CKD and staged 1 to 5 by eGFR, with urine albumin added to the classification. Diabetes and high blood pressure are the main causes. Stage 5 is kidney failure, when dialysis or a transplant may be needed. Many drug doses are adjusted in CKD.

Example sentences

  1. She has stage 3 chronic kidney disease secondary to diabetes.

  2. Chronic kidney disease often causes no symptoms until it is advanced.

Common collocations

  • stage 3 chronic kidney disease
  • progression of chronic kidney disease
  • advanced chronic kidney disease
  • chronic kidney disease clinic
  • dialysisA treatment that removes waste products and extra fluid from the blood when the kidneys can no longer do this themselves.
  • diabetesA long-term disease in which the body cannot control blood sugar properly, because it makes too little insulin or cannot use it well.
  • hypertensionBlood pressure that stays higher than normal over time, which increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and kidney disease.
  • chronicLasting a long time, usually more than three months, or coming back again and again; used for diseases that are controlled rather than cured.
  • edemaSwelling caused by too much fluid in the body's tissues, most often seen in the ankles and legs.

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