is anemia caused by ckd
Anemia of Chronic Disease and Renal Failure Although the diseases that lead to anemia, such as malignancy or chronic kidney disease (CKD), may cause obvious symptoms, the anemia itself tends to cause quite nonspecific symptoms. Clinicians must be wary of the tendency to dismiss these symptoms as insignificantâfor example, as being due to old ageâwhen in fact they should serve as alarming signals of disease or pathology.