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Kidneys are one of the vital organ in the excretion system.

Their main
functions are to maintain acid-base balance in the blood and filter out waste
products of food and water bodies that are not needed or being toxic. Then
remaining food and water substance are converted into urine which will be
excluded from ureter. Most cases, the cause of renal failure is the loss of waste
product filtering capacity on nephrons network and not felt by most people. In
addition, other causes of renal disease are diabetes, hypertension and genetic
factor.

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