Thank you for adding your name. Kidney disease affects millions of people across the UK. Yet it is still too often diagnosed late, overlooked in decisions about long-term conditions, and missing from ...

protect your kidneys from further damage support treatments, such as dialysis and kidney transplants control other conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure compensate for functions that the ...

Glomerulonephritis is a medical term for a group of diseases involving damage to the glomeruli (the tiny filters in the kidney). The damage is usually caused by the body’s immune system.

Goodpasture syndrome is also known as anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease. This is because antibodies (proteins made by the immune system to protect the body from potentially harmful ...

Gout is caused by too much of a chemical called uric acid in the blood. Uric acid occurs naturally in the body and usually doesn’t cause any harmful effects. However, if there is too much uric acid in ...

It is important that you contact your dialysis unit or the NHS 111 non-emergency medical helpline if you cannot get through to your unit and think you have peritonitis. In severe cases, repeated bouts ...

Transitional cell cancer. This cancer starts in the cells that line the bladder, renal pelvis and ureters, which are structures that transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder. Wilms’ tumour.