This is a list of diseases of the kidney and urinary tract, both common and rare, for patients and physicians. (If you’re interested in a basic introduction to the kidneys instead, please click here.)
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A List of Kidney Diseases
- Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome (Nephropathic Cystinosis)
- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
- Acetaminophen-induced Nephrotoxicity
- Acute Kidney Failure/Acute Kidney Injury
- Acute Injury Injury with Loin Pain after Anaerobic Exercise (ALPE), Renal Hypouricemia
- Acute Lobar Nephronia
- Acute Phosphate Nephropathy
- Acute Tubular Necrosis
- Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency
- Adenovirus Nephritis
- Alagille Syndrome
- Alkaptonuria
- Alport Syndrome
- Alstrom Syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- ANCA Vasculitis Related to Endocarditis and Other Infections
- Angiomyolipoma
- Anabolic Steroid Abuse
- Analgesic Nephropathy
- Anorexia Nervosa and Kidney Disease
- Angiotensin Antibodies and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Anticoagulant-related Nephropathy
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Anti-LRP2 Nephropathy, Anti-Brush Border Nephropathy
- Anti-TNF-α Therapy-related Glomerulonephritis
- APOL1 Mutations
- Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
- APRT Deficiency and 2,8-Dihydroxyadenine Nephropathy
- Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy, Chinese Herbal Nephropathy, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
- Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulas of the Urologic Tract
- Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
- Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Bartter Syndrome
- Bath Salts and Acute Kidney Injury
- Beer Potomania
- Beeturia
- β-Thalassemia Renal Disease
- Bile Cast Nephropathy
- Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
- BK Polyoma Virus Nephropathy in the Native Kidney
- Bladder Rupture
- Bladder Sphincter Dyssynergia
- Bladder Tamponade
- Bodybuilder's Glomerulopathy
- Border-Crossers' Nephropathy
- Bourbon Virus and Acute Kidney Injury
- BRASH Syndrome
- Burnt Sugarcane Harvesting and Acute Renal Dysfunction
- Byetta and Renal Failure
- C1q Nephropathy
- C3 Glomerulopathy
- C3 Glomerulopathy with Monoclonal Gammopathy
- C4 Glomerulopathy
- CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urologic Tract)
- Calyceal Diverticulum
- Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity
- Callilepsis Laureola Poisoning
- Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Acute Renal Failure
- Capillary Leak Syndrome
- Carbon Disulfide and Renal Injury
- Carconoid Syndrome and Renal Failure
- Cardiorenal syndrome
- Carfilzomib-Indiced Renal Injury
- CFHR5 nephropathy
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease with Glomerulopathy
- Chinese Herbal Medicines and Nephrotoxicity
- Cherry Concentrate and Acute Kidney Injury
- Chinese Herbal Medicine Nephropathy
- Cholesterol Emboli
- Churg–Strauss syndrome
- Chyluria
- Ciliopathy
- Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity
- Cocaine and the Kidney
- Cold Diuresis
- Colistin Nephrotoxicity
- Collagenofibrotic Glomerulopathy
- Collapsing Glomerulopathy, Collapsing Glomerulopathy Related to CMV
- Combination Antiretroviral (cART) Related-Nephropathy
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, 17-Alpha-Hydroxylase/7 20-Lyase Deficiency
- Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
- Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome
- Congestive Renal Failure
- Conorenal syndrome (Mainzer-Saldino Syndrome or Saldino-Mainzer Disease)
- Contrast Nephropathy
- Copper Sulphate Intoxication
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Associated Kidney Failure and Kidney Disease
- Cortical Necrosis
- Crizotinib-related Acute Kidney Injury
- Crying Kidneys
- Cryocrystalglobulinemia
- Cryoglobuinemia
- Crystalglobulin-Induced Nephropathy
- Crystal-Induced Acute Kidney injury
- Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis
- Crystal Meth-Associated Cortical Necrosis
- Cystic Kidney Disease, Acquired
- Cystic Kidney Disease, Localized
- Cystinuria
- Dasatinib-Induced Nephrotic-Range Proteinuria
- Deferasirox (Exjade) Nephrotoxicity
- Dense Deposit Disease (MPGN Type 2)
- Dent Disease (X-linked Recessive Nephrolithiasis)
- DHA Crystalline Nephropathy
- Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
- Diabetes and Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Dietary Supplements and Renal Failure
- Diffuse Mesangial Sclerosis
- Diuresis
- Djenkol Bean Poisoning (Djenkolism)
- Down Syndrome and Kidney Disease
- Drugs of Abuse and Kidney Disease
- Duplicated Ureter
- EAST syndrome
- Eating Disorders and Kidney Disease
- Ebola and the Kidney
- Ectopic Kidney
- Ectopic Ureter
- Edema, Swelling
- Erdheim-Chester Disease
- Fabry’s Disease
- Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
- Fanconi Syndrome
- Fraser syndrome
- Fibronectin Glomerulopathy
- Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis and Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy
- Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis, Congophilic
- Fraley syndrome
- Fluid Overload, Hypervolemia
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Sclerosis, Focal Glomerulosclerosis
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (Familial) with Complete Heart Block
- Galloway Mowat syndrome
- Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis with Kidney Involvement
- Gestational Hypertension
- Gitelman Syndrome
- Glomerular Diseases
- Glomerular Tubular Reflux
- Glycosuria
- Goodpasture Syndrome
- Green Smoothie Cleanse Nephropathy
- HANAC Syndrome
- Harvoni (Ledipasvir with Sofosbuvir)-Induced Renal Injury
- Hair Dye Ingestion and Acute Kidney Injury
- Hantavirus Infection Podocytopathy
- Heat Stress Nephropathy
- Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
- Hemophagocytic Syndrome
- Hemorrhagic Cystitis
- Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS, Hantavirus Renal Disease, Korean Hemorrhagic Fever, Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever, Nephropathis Epidemica)
- Hemosiderinuria
- Hemosiderosis related to Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Hemolytic Anemia
- Hepatic Glomerulopathy
- Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease, Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
- Hepatitis C-Associated Renal Disease
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1β–Associated Kidney Disease
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Herbal Supplements and Kidney Disease
- High Altitude Renal Syndrome
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
- HIV-Associated Immune Complex Kidney Disease (HIVICK)
- HIV-Associated Nephropathy (HIVAN)
- Holocaust Kidney Disease
- HNF1B-related Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
- Horseshoe Kidney (Renal Fusion)
- Hunner's Ulcer
- Hydrophilic Polymer Emboli
- Hydroxychloroquine-induced Renal Phospholipidosis
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hyperoxaluria
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitic Syndrome
- Hypokalemia, Hypokalemia-induced renal dysfunction
- Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
- Hypomagnesemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypophosphatemia
- Hypophosphatemia in Users of Cannabis
- Hypertension
- Hypertension, Monogenic
- Iced Tea Nephropathy
- Ifosfamide Nephrotoxicity
- IgA Nephropathy
- IgG4 Nephropathy
- Immersion Diuresis
- Immune-Checkpoint Therapy-Related Interstitial Nephritis
- Infliximab-Related Renal Disease
- Interstitial Cystitis, Painful Bladder Syndrome (Questionnaire)
- Interstitial Nephritis
- Interstitial Nephritis, Karyomegalic
- Ivemark's syndrome
- JC Virus Nephropathy
- Joubert Syndrome
- Ketamine-Associated Bladder Dysfunction
- Kidney Stones, Nephrolithiasis
- Kidney Stones due to Light Chains
- Kimura Disease
- Kombucha Tea Toxicity
- Lead Nephropathy and Lead-Related Nephrotoxicity
- Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency (LCAT Deficiency)
- Leptospirosis Renal Disease
- Light Chain Deposition Disease, Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease
- Light Chain Proximal Tubulopathy
- Liddle Syndrome
- Lightwood-Albright Syndrome
- Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy
- Lithium Nephrotoxicity
- LMX1B Mutations Cause Hereditary FSGS
- Loin Pain Hematuria
- Lupus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- Lupus Kidney Disease, Lupus Nephritis
- Lupus Nephritis with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Seropositivity
- Lupus Podocytopathy
- Lupus-like Nephritis
- Lyme Disease-Associated Glomerulonephritis
- Lysinuric Protein Intolerance
- Lysozyme Nephropathy
- Malarial Nephropathy
- Malignancy-Associated Renal Disease
- Malignant Hypertension
- Malakoplakia
- Marfan Syndrome and Kidney Disease
- McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome
- MDMA (Molly; Ecstacy; 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and Kidney Failure
- Meatal Stenosis
- Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease, Urolodulin-Associated Nephropathy, Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy Type 1
- Medullary Sponge Kidney
- Megaureter
- Melamine Toxicity and the Kidney
- MELAS Syndrome
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Membranous Nephropathy with Spherules
- Membranous-like Glomerulopathy with Masked IgG Kappa Deposits
- Mercury Poisoning
- MesoAmerican Nephropathy
- Metabolic Acidosis
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Methotrexate-related Renal Failure
- Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Milk-alkalai syndrome
- Minimal Change Disease
- Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance, Dysproteinemia
- Mouthwash Toxicity
- MUC1 Nephropathy
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Glomerulopathy
- Nail-patella Syndrome
- NARP Syndrome
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrocystin-1 Gene Deletions and ESRD
- Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- Nephronophthisis due to Nephrocystin-1 Gene Deletions
- Nephroptosis (Floating Kidney, Renal Ptosis)
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Neurogenic Bladder
- 9/11 and Kidney Disease
- Nodular Glomerulosclerosis
- Non-Gonococcal Urethritis
- Nuclear Pore Protein Complex Mutations and Nephropathy
- Nutcracker syndrome
- Oligomeganephronia
- Orofaciodigital Syndrome
- Orotic Aciduria
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Orthostatic Proteinuria
- Osmotic Diuresis
- Osmotic Nephrosis
- Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
- Oxalate Nephropathy
- Pancreatitis and Acute Kidney Injury
- Page Kidney
- Papillary Necrosis
- Papillorenal Syndrome (Renal-Coloboma Syndrome, Isolated Renal Hypoplasia)
- PARN Mutations and Kidney Disease
- Parvovirus B19 and the Kidney
- Parvovirus Infection Causing Intertitial Fibrosis and Acute Kidney Injury
- Perfluorinated Chemicals and Kidney Disease
- The Peritoneal-Renal Syndrome
- POEMS Syndrome
- Posterior Urethral Valve
- Podocyte Infolding Glomerulopathy
- Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis, Post-streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
- Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis, Atypical
- Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis (IgA-Dominant), Mimicking IgA Nephropathy
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- Post-Obstructive Diuresis
- Preeclampsia
- Propofol infusion syndrome
- Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal IgG Deposits (Nasr Disease)
- Propolis (Honeybee Resin) Related Renal Failure
- Proteinuria (Protein in Urine)
- Pseudohyperaldosteronism
- Pseudohypobicarbonatemia
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism
- Pseudoporphyria
- Psoriasis and Kidney Disease
- Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome
- Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
- Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection)
- Pyonephrosis
- Pyridium and Kidney Failure
- Quail Poisoning and Rhabdomyolysis
- Radiation Nephropathy
- Ranolazine and the Kidney
- Refeeding syndrome
- Reflux Nephropathy
- Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
- REN Mutations Causing Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
- Renal Abscess, Peripnephric Abscess
- Renal Agenesis
- Renal Arcuate Vein Microthrombi-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
- Renal Artery Aneurysm
- Renal Artery Dissection, Spontaneous
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Renal Cell Cancer
- Renal Cyst
- Renal Hypouricemia with Exercise-induced Acute Renal Failure
- Renal Infarction
- Renal Infarction due to Amyloidosis
- Renal Osteodystrophy
- Renal Sinus Lipomatosis
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Renin Mutations and Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
- Renin Secreting Tumors (Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor)
- Reset Osmostat
- Retrocaval Ureter
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Rhabdomyolysis, Rhabdomyolysis related to Bariatric Sugery
- Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Renal Disease
- Rubraca (rucaparib)-related Increase in Creatinine
- Sarcoidosis Renal Disease
- Salt Wasting, Renal and Cerebral
- Saturday Night Acute Kidney Injury
- Schistosomiasis and Glomerular Disease
- Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia
- Scleroderma Renal Crisis
- Serpentine Fibula-Polycystic Kidney Syndrome, Exner Syndrome
- Sézary Syndrome
- Sickle Cell Nephropathy
- Silica Exposure and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Sjögren's Syndrome and Renal Disease
- Sri Lankan Farmers' Kidney Disease
- Star Fruit Nephrotoxicity
- Synthetic Cannabinoid Use and Acute Kidney Injury
- Kidney Disease Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Kidney Disease Related to Stem Cell Transplantation
- TAFRO Syndrome
- Tea and Toast Hyponatremia
- Tenofovir-Induced Nephrotoxicity
- Thin Basement Membrane Disease, Benign Familial Hematuria
- Thrombotic Microangiopathy Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy
- Trench Nephritis
- TREX1 Mutation Causing Autosomal Dominant Thrombotic Microangiopathy and CKD
- Trigonitis
- Tuberculosis, Genitourinary
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) (TSC2/PKD1 contiguous gene syndrome)
- Tubular Dysgenesis
- Immune Complex Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Due to Autoantibodies to the Proximal Tubule Brush Border
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- Uremia
- Uremic Encephalopathy and Cortical Blindness
- Uremic Optic Neuropathy
- Ureteritis Cystica
- Ureterocele
- Urethral Caruncle
- Urethral Stricture
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Urogenital Fistula
- Uromodulin-Associated Kidney Disease
- Vancomycin-Associated Cast Nephropathy
- Vasomotor Nephropathy
- Vesicointestinal Fistula
- Vesicoureteral Reflux
- VGEF Inhibition and Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy
- Volatile Anesthetics and Acute Kidney Injury
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
- Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis
- Warfarin-Related Nephropathy
- Wasp Stings and Acute Kidney Injury
- Wegener’s Granulomatosis, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- West Nile Virus and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Wunderlich syndrome
- Zellweger Syndrome, Cerebrohepatorenal Syndrome
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