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Mysterious disease sending young, healthy Texas workers into kidney failure
Physicians at Houston hospitals are reportedly treating more men in their 20s and 30s
By Shiv Sudhakar Fox News
Published September 15, 2026 7:00am EDT
A mysterious form of kidney disease that has devastated young to middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia appears to have surfaced in Texas.
Known as chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) — or Mesoamerican nephropathy — the condition continues to baffle researchers, as some otherwise healthy adults develop kidney failure without having any of the traditional risk factors....
..."What’s striking about the Texas cases is how closely they mirror what we saw originally in Central America," Paidi noted.
The patients are largely undocumented laborers from Mexico and Central America working in construction, roofing and outdoor trades in extreme heat – jobs where water breaks are often limited, he added.
According to a review of Harris County hospital records cited by Texas Monthly, roughly one in six emergency dialysis cases in uninsured or undocumented patients had no identifiable cause, "which is consistent with CKDu," Paidi told Fox News Digital...
Mysterious disease sending young, healthy Texas workers into kidney failure
Physicians at Houston hospitals are reportedly treating more men in their 20s and 30s
By Shiv Sudhakar Fox News
Published September 15, 2026 7:00am EDT
A mysterious form of kidney disease that has devastated young to middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia appears to have surfaced in Texas.
Known as chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) — or Mesoamerican nephropathy — the condition continues to baffle researchers, as some otherwise healthy adults develop kidney failure without having any of the traditional risk factors....
..."What’s striking about the Texas cases is how closely they mirror what we saw originally in Central America," Paidi noted.
The patients are largely undocumented laborers from Mexico and Central America working in construction, roofing and outdoor trades in extreme heat – jobs where water breaks are often limited, he added.
According to a review of Harris County hospital records cited by Texas Monthly, roughly one in six emergency dialysis cases in uninsured or undocumented patients had no identifiable cause, "which is consistent with CKDu," Paidi told Fox News Digital...