Dr. Rajesh Goel, MBBS, DNB (Medicine), DNB (Nephrology), Fellow (Kidney Transplant), Senior Consultant - Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Medicine, Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute, Delhi
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD, also called kidney failure or renal failure) is a condition in which the kidneys lose some of their ability to remove waste products and excess fluid from the bloodstream. As waste products and fluids build up in the body, other body systems are affected, which can be harmful to human health. A person who has the most severe form of CKD, kidney failure (also known as end-stage kidney disease), usually requires a kidney transplant or dialysis to survive.