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By Mayo Clinic staffConditions that increase your risk of acute kidney failure include:
- Advanced age
- Chronic infection
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Heart failure
- Various blood disorders
- Immune disorders, such as lupus, IgA nephropathy and scleroderma
- Kidney diseases
- Liver diseases
- Prostate gland enlargement
- Bladder outlet obstruction
Acute kidney failure almost always occurs in connection with another medical condition or event. In fact, most people who experience acute kidney failure are already in the hospital for other reasons, such as severe injury, complicated surgery or overwhelming infection.
