{"id":23,"date":"2018-07-12T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:34:41","slug":"kidney-health-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/kidney-health-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney health information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Information about kidneys and kidney disease<\/h2>\n<p>What do your kidneys do? What is kidney disease? What is dialysis? Want information on kidney problems? View commonly asked questions and get information about the kidneys and about kidney disease.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/kidney-health-information\/about-kidney-disease\/\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKidney and kidney disease information\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/kidneyhealthcheck\/\" target=\"_self\">\n          <h2>Worried about your kidneys?<\/h2>\n          <p>Take our free online kidney health check today.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t<h2>Living with kidney disease<\/h2>\n<p>Want to find out about kidney disease progression, care and treatments for kidney failure, advice for dealing with diagnosis and ways to take control of your kidney disease?<\/p>\n<p>Get information, advice and hear about other people&#8217;s experience of living with kidney disease.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/kidney-health-information\/living-with-kidney-disease\/\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInformation on living with kidney disease\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tKidney conditions and symptoms\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Find out about different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/kidney-health-information\/kidney-conditions-symptoms\/\">conditions that affect kidney function and the symptoms<\/a> to look out for.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"conditions-symptoms-search\" class=\"boldlight-custom-search\">\n\t<form autocomplete=\"nope\">\n\t<div class=\"ui-widget input-group mb-3\">\n\t\t\t<input id=\"conditions-symptoms\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\" autocomplete=\"nope\" placeholder=\"Find a condition or symptom\" aria-label=\"Find a condition or symptom\" \/><i id=\"c-s-load\" class=\"fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin\" style=\"font-size:24px; display:none\"><\/i>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n\tjQuery( function($) {\n\t\n\t\/\/$(\".search-result\").hide();\n\n    var availableTags = [\n       { dest: \"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/conditions-symptoms\/nephrotic-syndrome\/\", 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If you would like a large amount of our leaflets or DVDs, please email our <a href=\"mailto:supportercare@kidneyresearchuk.org\">supporter care team<\/a> for more information or call 0300 303 1100.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/what-your-kideys-do-booklet.png\" alt=\"what-your-kideys-do-booklet\" height=\"1700\" width=\"1700\" title=\"what-your-kideys-do-booklet\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/what-your-kideys-do-booklet.png\" alt=\"what-your-kideys-do-booklet\" height=\"1700\" width=\"1700\" title=\"what-your-kideys-do-booklet\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" 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