Urology
Kidney Disease
Nephrology is the medical specialty concerned with the kidneys.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney disease affects more than 20 million people. More than 70,000 Americans die each year from kidney failure. The number of people affected by these diseases is expected to grow as the populations of older adults and racial and ethnic minorities, groups disproportionately affected by the diseases, increase.
The most serious and debilitating of kidney diseases include the following:
• end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
• kidney stone disease
• urinary tract infection
• polycystic kidney disease
This Web module is intended to provide an overview of several of these diseases. Other, non-related diseases also have a tremendous impact on the disability and death associated with kidney diseases, including diabetes and hypertension
Urology Home
- Analgesic Nephropathy
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Glomerulonephritis
- Glomerulosclerosis
- Goodpasture Syndrome
- Hematuria (Blood in the Urine)
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Disorders
- Kidney Services
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Transplantation
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Overview of Kidney Disorders
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Renal Vascular Disease
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)