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Explainer: what is chronic kidney disease and why are one in three at risk of this silent killer?

  • Written by Karen Dwyer, Deputy Head, School of Medicine, Deakin University
imageIf you have high blood pressure, smoke or have diabetes, you're at risk of chronic kidney disease.from www.shutterstock.com

A 42-year-old man – a father, a husband, a son – has come to the emergency department with a splitting headache. It’s been there for months, slowly getting worse. Today it’s unbearable.

He has no...

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