Not exact matches
Kidney disease patients often lose their interest in food, reporting that it has little flavor or an unpleasant taste, and the malnutrition that results is a significant contributor to worsening of symptoms and
mortality risk.
According to the National
Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, the annual
mortality rate for end - stage renal
disease rose from 10,478 in 1980 to 90,118 in 2009, though it has declined somewhat in recent years.
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While type 2 diabetes is associated with numerous complications including nerve,
kidney and eye damage, the morbidity and
mortality associated with cardiovascular
diseases dwarfed those by an order of magnitude.
«Chronic
kidney disease [CKD] in particular is a common cause of morbidity and
mortality in older dogs and cats.
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disease, diabetes and chronic
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