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Causes of Kidney failure原因肾功能衰竭

The most common causes of kidney failure are diabetes and high blood pressure.最常见的原因肾功能衰竭是糖尿病和血压高的压力。

Diabetes can cause kidney failure if a person does not manage their diabetes properly.糖尿病可导致肾功能衰竭如果一个人没有糖尿病管理妥善。 If too much sugar (glucose) is in the blood, it can attack tiny units inside the kidney called nephrons.如果太多的糖（葡萄糖）是在血液中，它可以攻击小单位内的肾所谓nephrons 。 It is these nephrons that carry out the filtering process, so if they do not work, the kidney will stop functioning.正是这些nephrons认为，进行过滤过程的，所以如果他们不工作，肾脏将停止运作。

High blood pressure causes damage by putting strain on the small blood vessels in the kidneys.血压高的压力，造成损害的把紧张的小血管，肾脏。 This prevents the filtering process from working properly.这可以防止过滤过程的正常工作。

Other causes include:其他原因包括：

• A kidney inflammation called glomerulonephritis;肾脏发炎所谓肾小球肾炎;
• Kidney infections such as pyelonephritis;肾脏感染，如肾盂肾炎;
• Polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition in which both kidneys are several times the normal size, due to the gradual growth of masses of cysts;遗传性多囊肾病，遗传性条件，在双方肾脏的好几倍，正常大小，由于逐步增长，群众的囊肿;
• Nephrosclerosis, in which hardening of the kidneys occurs as a result of disease of the arteries; nephrosclerosis ，在这种硬化的肾脏发生是由于疾病的动脉;
• Failure of normal kidney development in an unborn baby while developing in the womb;失败的正常肾组织的发展在一未出生的婴孩，而发展中国家在子宫里;
• Systemic lupus erythematosus, a disease of the immune system where the body attacks the kidney as though it were foreign tissue;系统性红斑狼疮，一种疾病的免疫系统而身体攻击，肾脏好像被外国组织;
• Malaria;疟疾;
• Yellow fever and jaundice;黄热病和黄疸;
• Certain medicines;某些药物;
• Blockages (for example, due to kidney stones); and淤塞（例如，由于肾结石） ;
• A sharp blow or physical injury to the kidney.锐利的打击或身体伤害到肾脏。

• Kawasaki disease 川崎病 Ketosis 酮症 Kidney failure 肾功能衰竭 Kidney infection 肾感染 Kidney stones 肾结石 Kidney transplant 肾移植 Knee replacement 膝关节置换术 Knock knee 敲膝盖 Kyphosis 脊柱后凸

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