Patient Education Library: Flyers

Find printable flyers to help people learn about kidney disease, testing, nutrition, treatment options, transplant, living donation, and questions to ask their doctor. Flyers are available for personal or educational use. Some flyers are also available in Spanish and other languages.

Kidney Health

Begin to learn what kidneys do, why kidney health matters, and how chronic kidney disease can affect the body. These flyers provide basic kidney health information and simple steps people can take to protect their kidneys.

Know Your Risk for CKD

What are the common factors for chronic kidney disease and how conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and obesity can affect kidney health? These flyers can help people understand when to get tested and what steps may lower their risk.

Understand your kidney numbers and tests

Understand the tests used to check kidney health and what common kidney numbers may mean. These flyers can support conversations with a doctor and help people track changes in their kidney health over time.

Living With and Managing Kidney Disease

This section is for people who are newly diagnosed or living with chronic kidney disease. These flyers offer practical information to help people take care of their health, stay active, prepare for appointments, and understand important steps like vaccines and ongoing care.

Nutrition and Kidney Disease

Nutrition needs can change based on a person’s stage of kidney disease, treatment plan, labs, culture, budget, and overall health. This section brings together flyers on eating well, nutrients to watch, plant-based eating, cultural food choices, and transplant nutrition to help people make food choices that fit their individual care plan.

Eating well with kidney disease

Nutrients to watch

Kidney Friendly Diets

Kidney-Friendly Diet by Culture

Transplant Nutrition

Superfoods

These flyers explain how common foods may fit into a kidney friendly eating plan. Nutrition needs are different for each person, so patients should ask their doctor or dietitian what is right for them.

Fruits

Vegetables

Proteins and Dairy

Pantry and cooking

Kidney failure, dialysis, and transplant

Information  for people exploring treatment options for kidney failure, including dialysis, home dialysis, and kidney transplant. These flyers can help people understand their choices, prepare for treatment, and talk with their doctor about what may be right for them.

Dialysis 

Kidney Transplant

Living Donation

This flyer can help potential donors, recipients, and families understand the basics of living donation and where to find more support.

Conditions that May Affect Your Kidneys

These resources can help people better understand specific diagnoses or lab findings and prepare for conversations with their doctor.

Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider

This section includes flyers that can help people prepare for conversations with their doctor about kidney disease, nutrition, treatment options, and next steps in their care. These questions can make it easier to understand what to ask, what to write down, and how to take an active role in care decisions.

CKD Basics and Diagnosis

CKD stages

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney failure and treatment options

Additional Languages

Find patient education flyers available in languages other than English. Select a language below to see available flyers by topic.

Spanish

Learn about kidney health

Know your risk

Understand your kidney numbers and tests

Kidney conditions that may affect your care

Nutrition and kidney disease

Fruits

Vegetables

Proteins and Dairy

Pantry and cooking

Manage kidney disease

  • Living with One Kidney
  • Staying Fit with Kidney Disease
  • 7 Ways to Help Manage Your Kidney Disease
  • Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease
  • Subcutaneous Injections for Immunotherapy in Kidney Cancer

Kidney failure, dialysis, and transplant

  • Diabetes and Dialysis
  • High KDPI Fact Sheet

Questions to ask your doctor

  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 1
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 2
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3a
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3b
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5

 

Arabic

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Bosnian

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Burmese

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Dari

 

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Farsi

 

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Kinyarwanda

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Nepali

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Pashto

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

 

Somali

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Swahili

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

Vietnamese

Learn about kidney health

5 Surprising Ways You May Be Damaging Your Kidneys
How Your Kidneys Work
Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy

Nutrition and kidney disease

Kidney Disease and Protein

Manage kidney disease

Newly Diagnosed with Kidney Disease

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