Kidney disease often has no symptoms, and can go undetected until very advanced. The most common causes are diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension). Testing is the only way to know how well your kidneys are working. If detected early and treated, kidney disease can often be slowed down or even prevented.

 

Scroll through the links below to learn more.

 

General Kidney Information:

National Kidney Foundation

https://www.kidney.org/

 

American Association of Kidney Patients

https://www.aakp.org/

 

The Nephron Information Center

http://nephron.com/

 

Keeping Kidney Patients Safe

http://www.kidneypatientsafety.org/

 

Renal Web

http://www.renalweb.com/

 

 

Chronic Kidney Disease Links: 

Life Options

http://lifeoptions.org/

 

Kidney School

www.kidneyschool.org

 

 

Resources to help you keep healthy and up to date:

Medical Association of GA:

http://www.mag.org/resources/consumers-and-patients

 

 

Diabetes:

Diabetes Data Summery and fact sheet 

Georgia Department of Public Health:

https://dph.georgia.gov/diabetes-data-summaries-and-fact-sheets

 

American Diabetes Association

www.diabetes.org

 

Learning About Diabetes

http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org/