Mystery Kidney Disease

Beginning in the 1990s, a deadly epidemic began sweeping the Central American nations of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Thousands of men working on sugarcane plantations suddenly began dropping dead of kidney failure. On further research, it was found that young farm laborers who were perfectly healthy just a few years before were turning up at clinics with end-stage kidney disease. They were not found to have diabetes or hypertension which might explain why their kidneys were failing. Though a lot of researchers agree that it's related to hard physical labor in intense tropical heat, the exact mechanism or underlying reason behind the sudden onset of Chronic Kidney Disease in such a young population still remains unsolved.