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• What is Kidney Failure
  • Kidney functions
    • Filtering the blood
    • Balancing fluid levels
    • Helping control blood pressure
    • Helping make red blood cells
    • Maintaining healthy strong bones
  • Kidney Disease
    • Acute kidney failure
    • Chronic kidney failure
    • Symptoms of kidney disease
    • Causes of kidney disease
  • Complications resulting from kidney failure
    • Heart problems
    • High blood pressure
    • Anemia
    • Renal bone disease
• Treatment
  • Treatment for early stage kidney failure
    • Tests (predialysis)
    • Diet (predialysis)
    • Blood pressure
    • Anemia
    • Renal bone disease
  • Treatment for end stage kidney failure
    • Telling people about kidney failure
    • Initial reactions after telling people about kidney failure
    • What can I do?
    • Dialysis
    • Hemodialysis
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Comparison of dialysis methods
    • Fluid balance
    • Kidney Diet (dialysis)
    • Tests (dialysis)
    • Kidney transplant
    • Tests (transplantation)
    • Not treating your kidney failure
  • Dialysis center
    • How does a dialysis center work?
    • Who works at a dialysis center?
  • Summaries
    • Tests
    • Drugs
• Lifestyle
  • Coping and living with kidney failure
    • Kidney failure is emotional
    • Sex
    • Sports and exercise
    • Traveling with kidney failure
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    • Support for care givers
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At Renalinfo, you'll find information and support options for patients, families and caregivers affected by kidney disease.

• Questions about kidney disease?
  • How do kidneys function?
  • What is kidney disease?
  • What is chronic kidney disease?
  • What are the symptoms of kidney disease?
• Newly diagnosed
  with kidney disease?
  • Treatment options for early-stages kidney disease
  • Treatment options for end-stage kidney disease
  • What is a dialysis center?
• Living with kidney disease?
  • Emotional issues associated with kidney disease
  • Sports and exercise
  • Traveling with kidney disease