Chronic Kidney Disease caused due to non-traditional reasons, generally referred as mysterious Kidney Disease by media, has reported to kill 20,000 farm workers in Central America till 2012 and has been spreading in South India and other nearby Asian countries. This article discusses the current scenarios and possible causes of Chronic Kidney Disease in South India and compares the facts with cases found in Central America. Pedda Srirampuram village and surrounding area in Andhra Pradesh, known for rice, cashew and coconuts, is the hub of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu, sometime also referred as CKDnT for non-traditional causes) what media is referring to as mysterious kidney disease.
According to a study done by a nephrologist at Nizam Institute of Sciences in Hyderabad, CKDu affects 15-18% of local farm workers and majority of them are in their 30s to 50s. …
