Cameron Green shockingly opens up about battle with Chronic Kidney disease

Australian star all-rounder Cameron Green has been a valuable asset for the squad. The big Aussie cricketer has been one of the most talented all-rounders of this generation in test match cricket. On Thursday the all-rounder revealed that he has been battling chronic kidney disease since birth. Green stated, that the condition was identified during the time of his mother Bee Tracey's 19-week pregnancy scan. But his cricketing career has not been affected by the disease. 

During the ODI match back in September 2022 in Cairns between Australia versus New Zealand, he felt cramps in between the games and he believed then that it was not keeping him hydrated enough, but later on, it was identified that it was a kidney issue that brought up the cramping. He is not part of the playing XI for the first test against Pakistan in Perth. 

The batter's father Gary, who played an important role in shaping his cricket career, shared that there were concerns about whether he would survive beyond the age of 12. Green has been part of the ODI World Cup 2023 winning side and since then he is yet to feature for the side. 

My parents got told when I was born that I had chronic kidney disease: Cameron Green

Green told Channel 7, "My parents got told when I was born that I had chronic kidney disease. Basically there were no symptoms, just got picked up through ultrasounds. Chronic kidney disease is basically a progressive disease of your kidney’s health function. Unfortunately, mine doesn’t filter the blood as well as other kidneys. So they’re about at 60% now which is stage 2. With chronic kidney disease there’s five stages, with stage one being the least severe, and stage five being transplant or dialysis."

He further added, "Fortunately, I’m stage two, but if you don’t look after them enough, it easily goes back down." His mother said, "I was at my 19-week scan and they picked up that he had thickening of his bladder, they said it was a urethral valve blockage where the urine basically backflows to the kidneys and they wouldn’t develop properly, so it was quite a shock."