Kidneys can become scarred or even shrink in size. What causes CKD? If you've been diagnosed with CKD, that didn't happen suddenly. And, CKD will not get better. There are two common diseases that can lead to CKD: diabetes and high blood pressure. read more
As a result, kidneys get small in size. In Kidney Failure, as the nephrons are impaired significantly, the kidneys usually shrink to very small in size, except some cases like polycystic kidney disease . In kidney failure, as the kidneys shrink to a very small size, high levels of toxins and metabolic waste products build up in body. read more
Normally we all have two kidneys with the size of 10-12length, 5-6 width and 3-4 thickness. Under normal circumstances the right kidney is slightly smaller than the left kidney. Of cause not everyone have the same large kidneys and the kidney size has much to do with a person’ s age, gender, body weight and height. read more