Amin Hasanvand
1, Reza Mohammadrezaei Khorramabadi
2, Mohammad Reza Tamadon
3*1 Department of Pharmacology and toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
Abstract
Kidney failure is an irreversible progressive malfunction which often develops into chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The spectrum of CKD varies from proteinuria to elevated creatinine and ESRD. This case report describes a 60-year-old man, who despite being at the stage four of CKD for 4 years, had a case history of amelioration of renal function upon watermelon consumption.