~~Chronic Renal Failure~~
| Characterized | deterioration of kidney function |
| Cause | -stress -hypertension -diabetes -cancer -aids |
| Symptoms | -many complications |
| Diagnosis | -Blood tests |
| Treatment | -can only be slowed, not reversed |
Chronic renal failure is the deterioration of kidney function over a long duration. Diseases that may cause chronic renal failure are hypertension, diabetes, cancer and AIDS. If it is diagnosed early, it may be slowed as a treatment but not reversed. The treatment maybe a simple restriction on the amount of fluid processed, or taking medication that treats the disease of cause. Eventually some patients may go beyond the point for just a delay of the failure and require permanent dialysis or transplant.
