Kidney Health Information

Information on this website is intended to interest and inform. Only the medical professionals looking after you can give you the right medical and dietary advice. Play it safe! Listen, read, learn, talk to others, ask, take advice and then decide what’s right for you. The Kidney Society takes no responsibility for the accuracy of information on linked websites.

 

Clicking on the topics in small print below will take you to kidney health information of interest on other websites. If there is a topic you think should be added to this website, please contact us.

Anaemia

The Iron Story
Understanding anaemia in kidney disease
Anaemia management and chronic kidney disease

Caregivers

Caregivers need care, too
When your child or parent must undergo dialysis
Caregiver stress

Children: see young people

Choosing a treatment
Which Dialysis Treatment suits my Lifestyle?
Conservative treatment: Choosing not to start dialysis

Choosing to stop dialysis

Choosing to stop dialysis

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease videos
How to delay the onset of dialysis

Complications and side effects

Bone disease and kidney failure
Easy Bruising
Parathyroid Hormone
Some physical side effects of dialysis and how to prevent them
Skin problems and dialysis
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
Muscle cramps
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - video

 

Dialysis

Haemodialysis: see how it works!
Peritoneal dialysis: see how it works
Haemodialysis, an introduction
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)-A home dialysis choice for people with kidney failure
GFR (Glomerulo filtration rate) calculator
Vascular Access - Your Lifeline to  Hemodialysis
How does blood get into the machine and back into the body again?
Fistula: best haemodialysis access
Caring for your vascular access
How will I feel on dialysis?
I want to know about my dialysis access
Dialysis line (central venous catheter) insertion for haemodialysis
Overview of catheter, fistula and graft placement surgeries
Dialysis - video

Diseases of the Kidneys

Kidney Disease - the basics
Glomerulonephritis
IgA nephropathy
Diabetes and your kidneys
HIV/AIDS and chronic kidney disease
Polycystic kidney disease
Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Emergencies

What if I need dialysis during an emergency? (for patients in the USA, but contains helpful tips for NZ patients as well)

Exercise

Exercise for dialysis patients

Feelings and Emotions

Think positive and be healthier
Caregiver stress
Anger and chronic kidney disease
Your emotions
When Your Loved One is Depressed
Understanding Depression in Kidney Disease

Fluid

Fluid intake and dialysis: see how it works!

Heart

Chronic kidney disease and your heart
Heart healthy advice for people with chronic kidney disease

History of dialysis

The history of dialysis

Kidney Basics

Kidney basics
How CKD Affects Your Body
Residual kidney function

Living with kidney disease

Kidney Beginnings: A Patient's Guide to Living with Reduced Kidney Function
Quality of life on dialysis
Lifestyle changes on dialysis
Living with kidney disease (downloadable book) in English, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and Punjabi

Looking good

Hair, nails and chronic kidney disease
Skin problems and dialysis

Pregnancy

Pregnancy and kidney dialysis
Can a woman on dialysis have a child?
Pregnancy with kidney failure and on dialysis
Pregnancy in kidney failure and dialysis patients

Relationships and Sexuality

Dating with kidney disease - and when do you tell?
Sexuality and the Renal Patient
Sexuality and chronic kidney disease
Telling others you have chronic kidney disease
Safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases
Are sexual problems common for people with kidney failure?
Contraception
Periods in women with kidney failure and after transplantation
Should women with kidney disease have hormone replacement therapy?
Sex and dialysis treatment
Loss of sex drive and other sexual problems
Sexuality and chronic kidney disease
Loss of sex drive and impotence
Can men with kidney failure father children?
Are there sexual problems after transplant and is it possible to have children?
Are children of kidney failure patients healthy, should their kidneys be checked?

Side effects: see complications

Sleep
Sleep issues and chronic kidney disease

Smoking

Smoking and chronic kidney disease

Teenagers: see Young people

Transplants

Kidney Transplant: see how it works!
Feeling good, looking good after transplantation
Travel and holidays
Work and travel on dialysis

Young people: teenagers and children

Tips for parents of children with chronic kidney disease
Paediatric information - information for parents with children who have kidney disease
Your teenager and chronic kidney disease
Understanding Your Adolescent’s Teen Years
Teenagers with chronic kidney disease: living a full life
After the Transplant: Helping Your Child Adjust
Your child & chronic kidney disease - downloadable book

Your health care: Medical staff and you

Dealing with Medical Staff: A Guide for Patients
Patient's role in chronic kidney disease care
How to talk to your doctor
Work
Work and travel on dialysis