Chronic kidney disease

An abnormal condition in the body causing harm.

The body’s two kidneys keep fluids balanced by filtering the blood. Waste products are then excreted as urine.

The final stage of chronic kidney disease. At this point, the kidneys can no longer eliminate waste products from the body.

A condition of declining kidney function. It is part of the progression of kidney disease, developing after microalbuminuria (when a damaged kidney begins to leak small amounts of…