WATCH: Cameron Green reveals he is suffering from chronic Kidney disease since childhood

Australia’s young all-rounder Cameron Green is benched for the 1st Test of the 3-match Test series against Pakistan at the Perth Stadium in Perth on Thursday, December 14. The right-handed batter has become the regular player for the Australian team across all formats.

Meanwhile, a video is getting viral on social media in which Green has made a shocking revelation. The video also features his family where all of them revealed and talked about Green’s chronic kidney disease from which he has been suffering since childhood. They revealed that the disease is ‘irreversible’ and it’s stage two of the disease which doesn’t affect his daily life.

Watch the video here:

“At the time it was uncharted territory as such, the prognosis wasn’t great. There were life-expectancy issues that he might not expect to live past 12 years of age.” Green’s father, Gary, was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda.

Fortunately, I’m stage two: Cameron Green

Green was diagnosed with this disease when his mother, Bee Tracey, went to get an ultrasound of her body during her 19-week pregnancy. In the report, Doctors told her that the baby had a ‘thickening of bladder’ which means that his kidney couldn’t develop properly. Meanwhile, Green recently revealed that his kidneys are currently working at 60% of capacity.

“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. With chronic kidney disease there’s five stages, with stage one being the least severe, and stage five being transplant or dialysis,” he said. Fortunately, I’m stage two, but if you don’t look after them enough, it easily goes back down. Kidneys can’t get better. It’s irreversible. So any way you can find to slow the progression, you basically try and do.” Green was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda.

“There was definitely one time up in Cairns, playing Australia versus New Zealand, I think it was pretty well documented that I had a pretty long day of bowling and a pretty long bat as well, and then had a cramping episode. It took me a long time to realise that it was probably my kidney function that was affecting my cramping. I always thought I didn’t drink enough, didn’t eat enough, didn’t look after myself during the game as well as I could have, but I think over time I realised that I was doing absolutely everything right, but I was still cramping, unfortunately,” he added.