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Many diseases can affect your kidney function by attacking and damaging the glomeruli, the tiny filtering units inside your kidney where blood is cleaned. The conditions that affect your glomeruli are called glomerular diseases. One of these conditions is minimal change disease (MCD). Minimal change disease is a disorder where there is damage to your glomeruli. The disease gets its name because the damage...

Many diseases can affect your kidney function by attacking and damaging the glomeruli, the tiny filtering units inside your kidney where blood is cleaned. The conditions that affect your glomeruli are called glomerular diseases. Glomerular diseases include many conditions with many different causes. One of these conditions is membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). MPGN happens when...

Many diseases can affect your kidney function by attacking and damaging the glomeruli, the tiny filtering units inside your kidney where blood is cleaned. Glomerular diseases include many conditions with many different genetic and environmental causes. Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a type of glomerular disease and is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is caused when your body’s defense system turns...

Goodpasture's Syndrome is an uncommon autoimmune disease that affects both the kidneys and the lungs. An autoimmune disease means that the immune system, which usually protects the body from infection, attacks healthy parts of the body by mistake.

The body's immune system produces antibodies, which are proteins that help fight infections. However, in Goodpasture's Syndrome the body makes antibodies that attack...

By Laura Byham-Gray, PhD, RD, CNSD

Keeping in good blood glucose control is important for lowering your risk for health complications. Glucose, often described as sugar, is made by the body, usually after eating, and serves as the fuel for every body cell. Diabetes mellitus, either type 1 or type 2, is the leading cause of kidney disease. When blood glucose levels stay high and uncontrolled over a period of time...

Kidneys perform crucial functions that affect all parts of the body and are involved in complex operations that keep the rest of the body in balance. When the kidneys are damaged by disease, other organs are affected. Kidney problems can range from a minor urinary tract infection to progressive kidney failure. Scientific advances over the past three decades have improved our ability to diagnose and treat those who suffer from kidney disorders...

The winter holidays are quickly approaching–have you hung up lights, decorated, and picked out presents? If not, no worries. We can take some of the burden off your plate with five gifts that are perfect for your loved one who is on dialysis or has a chronic illness.

Between doctors’ appointments, medication schedules, and dialysis sessions, living with kidney failure can be incredibly stressful....

Continuing education series for professionals.

At National Kidney Foundation, we believe that everyone who needs a kidney transplant should get one. As a kidney disease professional, you can help turn this goal into a reality. Here’s how to help your patients get on the kidney transplant waitlist, an overview of the transplant team, and strategies to help patients remain on the list. Together, we can expand access to life-...

• Refractory gout is a rare form of gout. This condition can be painful and serious. People with refractory gout can also have problems with the kidneys.
• Signs and symptoms of the disease include chronic arthritis; joints with swelling, redness, and intense pain, and tophi (lumps around hands, elbows and other body parts). The disease can continue despite treatment.
• People with refractory gout might need additional...