Kidney disease (aka nephropathy) is damage or disease of the kidney.

• Nephrosis, is non-inflammatory nephropathy
• Nephritis, is inflammatory kidney disease

• Deposition of the IgA antibodies in the glomerulus
• Administration of analgesics
• Xanthine oxidase deficieny
• Toxicity of chemotherapy agents
• Long-erm exposure to lead or it's salts
• Chronoic conditions, including:
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Diabetes mellitus, which causes diabetic nephropathy
  • HTN, which causes hypertensive nephropathy