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Sports Nephrology: Managing Hypertension, Acute Kidney Injury, and Cardiovascular Risk in a Collegiate Football Player.

Key takeaways

A 19 year old college football player had high blood pressure that would not come down with treatment, plus a recent kidney injury from losing too much body fluid. Testing found he carried one risk copy of the APOL1 gene, which is tied to higher kidney disease risk. His doctors cut back on water pills and tailored his care around training and diet. This is a single patient's story, so it cannot show what will work for anyone else.

Who did this work

Safdar K · Wadlinger R · Kontos CD · Sparks MA

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Sep 10
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42726044/