Editing Kidney failure (section)

=== Chronic kidney failure ===
{{Main|Chronic kidney disease}}
Chronic kidney failure has numerous causes. The most common causes of chronic failure are [[diabetes mellitus]] and long-term, uncontrolled [[hypertension]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kes P, Basić-Jukić N, Ljutić D, Brunetta-Gavranić B | title = [The role of arterial hypertension in development of chronic renal failure] | language = hr | journal = Acta Medica Croatica | volume = 65 | issue = Suppl 3 | pages = 78–84 | date = October 2011 | pmid = 23120821 | url = http://www.amzh.hr/amc/pdf/amc_2011%20vol%2065%20supplement%203.pdf | url-status = dead | trans-title = The role of arterial hypertension in the development of chronic renal failure | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130719135947/http://www.amzh.hr/amc/pdf/amc_2011%20vol%2065%20supplement%203.pdf | archive-date = 2013-07-19 }}</ref> [[Polycystic kidney disease]] is another well-known cause of chronic failure. The majority of people affected with polycystic kidney disease have a family history of the disease. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is also a known cause of chronic kidney failure. Other genetic illnesses cause kidney failure, as well.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Overuse of common drugs such as [[ibuprofen]], and [[acetaminophen]] (paracetamol) can also cause chronic kidney failure.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Perneger TV, Whelton PK, Klag MJ | title = Risk of kidney failure associated with the use of acetaminophen, aspirin, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 331 | issue = 25 | pages = 1675–9 | date = December 1994 | pmid = 7969358 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199412223312502 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Some infectious disease agents, such as [[hantavirus]], can attack the kidneys, causing kidney failure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uptodate.com/contents/renal-involvement-with-hantavirus-infection-hemorrhagic-fever-with-renal-syndrome |title=Renal involvement with hantavirus infection (hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome) | vauthors = Appel GB, Mustonen J |year=2012 |publisher=[[UpToDate]] |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>