Dr. Jonathan Barrett

And when they clog up the filter, there's inflammation, there's scarring, and that's what eventually causes kidney failure.

The big challenge is actually the impact on mental wellness.

Because if you're a young person and I tell you you've got this disease,

It's incurable.

There's a risk it could cause kidney failure in the future, but I can't tell you when.

You might need to go on dialysis or have a kidney transplant, but I can't tell you when.

That sense of uncertainty can be absolutely devastating for young people.

You imagine developing your career, wanting to pay that big amount of money for a house, getting married, thinking about children, and you have this threat hanging over you of a disease that the doctors can't really predict