Central American kidney disease epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 19:50
in Health & Medicine
For two decades, Nicaragua and El Salvador have seen increasing mortality from an unusual form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), also called Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN). The disease has disproportionately affected sugarcane and other agricultural workers, and appears to be unrelated to traditional kidney disease risk factors such as diabetes.