A new study by nephrologists from OGH and Apollo Hospitals has found that a mysterious kidney ailment, CKDu, is affecting younger, non-diabetic, urban populations in Hyderabad. Unregulated herbal medicines and delayed diagnosis are emerging as major risk factors.

Hyderabad: A chronic kidney ailment of mysterious origin, known as Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu), is causing kidney failures in Hyderabad and surrounding districts of Telangana, disturbingly among younger and economically productive individuals who have no history of diabetes and hypertension.

Senior nephrologists from Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and Apollo Hospitals led a study of 75 patients and published the results in the prestigious Indian Journal of Nephrology (August, 2024). Their findings indicate

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