Kidneys
Healthy kidneys clean your blood by removing fluid, salt and wastes from the body. They're sophisticated reprocessing machines, acting as the body’s refuse removers. Find out more about keeping them healthy and common conditions that may affect them.
Kidney function
How your kidneys regularly clean your body of all its waste
Common kidney conditions
Your kidneys are a vital organ. Find out some of the more common conditions
to affect them
to affect them
- Polycystic kidney disease - A common inherited kidney disorder
- Chronic renal failure - The causes and risk factors why kidneys fail
- Kidney cancer - The first symptom is usually blood in the urine
- Kidney stones - These stones can cause extreme pain and affect urinating
- Glomerulonephritis - Inflammation of the mini-filters in the kidneys
- Glomerulonephritis in children - This condition can affect children too
- Kidney infection - This inflammation is usually caused by a bacterial infection
Healthy kidneys
Keeping kidneys healthy is a mystery to most people, discover how to keep them in good working orderKidney dialysis
What kidney dialysis means to the patient
Kidney transplant
The process of transplant and recovery
