Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that filter all the blood in the body and create urine to excrete waste. The kidneys also control production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to your tissues.
The National Institutes of Health estimates more than 20 million adults as young as 20 years old in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), the gradual loss of kidney function. Without early stage identification and treatment, CKD may lead to kidney failure. Diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) cause most CKD cases.
People who have had a kidney stone have as much as a 50 percent chance of recurrence. This painful and prevalent disease can be managed and the recurrence risk reduced if treated from surgical and metabolic perspectives.
Kidney disease risk factors include:
Age, if you are older than 50
Diabetes
High blood pressure
A family history of kidney disease
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