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Often, chronic kidney disease is diagnosed as a result of screening of people known to be at risk of kidney problems, such as those with high blood pressure or diabetes and those with a blood relative with CKD.
Other things that can lead to chronic kidney disease include: 1  Kidney diseases and infections, such as polycystic kidney disease, pyelonephritis, and glomerulonephritis, or a kidney problem you were born with. 2  A narrowed or blocked renal artery. 3  A renal artery carries blood to the kidneys.