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      • Preventing kidney disease
        • Know Your Kidney Numbers
        • Know Your Kidneys: Preventing and slowing down kidney disease
      • Risk factors
        • Diabetes
        • High blood pressure
        • Race/ethnicity – Kidney disease risk factors
        • Family history
        • Heart disease
        • Obesity
      • Signs and symptoms
      • Tests
        • Urine tests
        • eGFR
        • Serum creatinine test
        • Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test
        • Kidney biopsy
        • Kidney ultrasound
      • Stages of kidney disease
        • Stage 1 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
        • Stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
        • Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
        • Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
        • Stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
      • Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
        • Newly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
      • End-stage renal disease (kidney failure, ESRD)
      • Other kidney diseases
        • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS)
        • Alport syndrome
        • Amyloidosis
        • Cystinosis
        • Fabry disease
        • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
        • Glomerulonephritis (glomerular disease)
        • Goodpasture syndrome
        • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
        • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
        • Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
        • IgA nephropathy
        • Interstitial nephritis
        • Lupus nephritis
        • Minimal change disease
        • Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
        • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
        • APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease
        • Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G)
        • Primary hyperoxaluria and oxalate (PH)
      • Other kidney problems
        • Protein in urine
        • Kidney stones
        • Kidney pain
        • Blood in urine (hematuria)
        • Kidney infection
        • Acute kidney injury (AKI)
        • Kidney cancer
        • Hepatitis C
        • Alagille syndrome
        • Nephrotic syndrome
      • Kidney disease in children
        • Causes of kidney disease in children
        • Health problems caused by kidney disease
        • Stages of kidney disease in children
      • Webinar
        Itchy skin and kidney disease: Understanding chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP)
      • Health problems caused by kidney disease
        • Anemia in chronic kidney disease
        • Anemia in end-stage renal disease
        • Gout
        • High phosphorus (hyperphosphatemia)
        • High potassium (hyperkalemia)
        • Metabolic acidosis
        • Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT)
        • Pruritus (itchy skin)
      • Just diagnosed with kidney disease
      • Mental health and kidney disease
      • Healthy eating & activity
        • Kidney Kitchen: recipes, tools and guides
        • Kidney failure (ESRD) diet
        • Kidney-friendly eating plan
      • Balancing work, family & travel
      • Understanding health insurance
      • COVID-19 and kidney patients: What you need to know
      • COVID-19 vaccines and people with kidney disease
        • COVID-19 vaccine and kidney disease: Frequently asked questions
      • Kidney patients' rights
        • Preparing for transplant
        • Transplant waiting list
        • Living donor kidney transplants
        • Finding a living kidney donor
        • Preparing for your living kidney donation
        • Deceased donor kidney transplants
        • Life after transplant: Rejection prevention and healthy tips
          • Immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) medicines
          • Kidney rejection after transplant
          • Mental health and support after transplant
          • Other health issues after a transplant
          • Recovery after transplant surgery
          • Living healthy after a transplant
        • Organ and tissue donation
          • Donate a kidney
          • What to consider before donating a kidney
          • Financial questions about kidney donation
        • Kidney transplant in children
        • 2022 AKF Living Donor Protection Report Card
          • Clinical trials for kidney disease and other kidney diseases
          • Dialysis
            • New to dialysis
            • Peritoneal dialysis
            • Hemodialysis
            • Home hemodialysis
            • Choosing a hemodialysis treatment plan
            • About vascular access
            • Your dialysis care team
          • What is a clinical trial?
          • Who can participate?
          • Medicines for kidney disease
          • Types of clinical trials
          • Medical management and palliative care
          • Phases of clinical trials
          • Are clinical trials safe?
          • How do clinical trials work?
          • Who pays for my health care during a clinical trial?
          • Advantages and disadvantages of participating in clinical trials
          • What happens during and after a clinical trial?
          • What questions should I ask?
          • Important clinical trial terms to understand
          • Diversity in clinical trials
            • Community Resource Finder
            • Help with insurance premium payments
              • Dialysis providers' code of conduct
            • Safety net grants
            • Disaster relief financial grants
              • Disaster preparedness for kidney patients
              • Disaster preparedness for professionals
              • Typhoon Mawar - Resources for kidney patients
            • Prescription drug resources
            • Grants for children
            • Veterans and kidney disease
            • Education scholarship
            • Online continuing education
            • Clinical Scientist in Nephrology program
              • Meet our CSN award recipients
            • Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Project
            • Explore recent renal news
            • Kidney Kitchen for professionals
            • GMS login
              • Take action: Contact your lawmakers
              • Learn about the Living Donor Protection Report Card
              • Become a Kidney Health Coach
              • Calendar Kids Art Contest
              • Fundraise for AKF
              • National Camp Program
                • View ways to give to AKF
                • Why give to AKF
                • Donate in honor or memorial
                • Fundraise for AKF
                • Give monthly
                • Donate a car
                • Make a planned gift
                • Leadership giving
                • Join us at an event
                  • The Hope Affair Annual Gala
                  • A Pairing for Prevention: Boston
                  • New York Golf Classic
                • Become a corporate partner
                • Donate gently used items in GA and NC
                • How to make a free will in 10 steps
                • Real estate program
                • Health Equity: take action
                  • Take action: Contact your lawmakers
                  • View the Living Donor Protection Report Card
                  • Join our Advocacy Network
                  • Our 2023 Policy Priorities
                    • Addressing health disparities and advancing health equity
                    • Addressing the impact of climate change on people with kidney disease
                    • Improving early detection of kidney disease and addressing the unknown causes of kidney disease
                    • Utilizing nutrition as a way to prevent and manage chronic diseases
                    • Encouraging organ donation and supporting kidney transplants
                    • Ensuring access to high quality, patient-centered care for Medicare beneficiaries with kidney disease
                    • Ensuring adequate funding for kidney research and promoting innovation
                    • Ensuring equity in the COVID-19 pandemic response
                    • Fighting insurance discrimination against patients on dialysis
                    • Protecting and enhancing access to health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored insurance
                    • Protecting patient access to needed medications; supporting lower prescription drug costs
                    • Supporting Medigap reform
                  • Our 2023 Legislative Priorities
                  • Policy Resources
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                American Kidney Fund
                American Kidney Fund
                  • Why we fight
                  • Vision and mission
                  • Our impact
                  • Our history: A legacy of caring
                  • Our newsroom
                  • Careers
                  • Financials and accountability
                    • Charity ratings and recognition
                    • Annual reports
                    • Audit and IRS forms
                    • Corporate Relationship Policy
                    • Financial Interest Disclosure
                    • Gift Acceptance Policy
                    • Conflict of Interest
                    • List of corporate sponsors
                    • Whistleblower Policy
                  • Our team
                    • Board of Trustees
                    • Executive Team
                    • Leadership Team
                  • Award recognition for patient-friendly content
                    • Introduction to your kidneys
                    • Kidney disease facts and stats
                    • Preventing kidney disease
                      • Know Your Kidney Numbers
                      • Know Your Kidneys: Preventing and slowing down kidney disease
                    • Risk factors
                      • Diabetes
                      • High blood pressure
                      • Race/ethnicity – Kidney disease risk factors
                      • Family history
                      • Heart disease
                      • Obesity
                    • Signs and symptoms
                    • Tests
                      • Urine tests
                      • eGFR
                      • Serum creatinine test
                      • Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test
                      • Kidney biopsy
                      • Kidney ultrasound
                    • Stages of kidney disease
                      • Stage 1 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                      • Stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                      • Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                      • Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                      • Stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                    • Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                      • Newly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
                    • End-stage renal disease (kidney failure, ESRD)
                    • Other kidney diseases
                      • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS)
                      • Alport syndrome
                      • Amyloidosis
                      • Cystinosis
                      • Fabry disease
                      • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
                      • Glomerulonephritis (glomerular disease)
                      • Goodpasture syndrome
                      • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
                      • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
                      • Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
                      • IgA nephropathy
                      • Interstitial nephritis
                      • Lupus nephritis
                      • Minimal change disease
                      • Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
                      • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
                      • APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease
                      • Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G)
                      • Primary hyperoxaluria and oxalate (PH)
                    • Other kidney problems
                      • Protein in urine
                      • Kidney stones
                      • Kidney pain
                      • Blood in urine (hematuria)
                      • Kidney infection
                      • Acute kidney injury (AKI)
                      • Kidney cancer
                      • Hepatitis C
                      • Alagille syndrome
                      • Nephrotic syndrome
                    • Kidney disease in children
                      • Causes of kidney disease in children
                      • Health problems caused by kidney disease
                      • Stages of kidney disease in children
                    • Webinar
                      Itchy skin and kidney disease: Understanding chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP)
                    • Health problems caused by kidney disease
                      • Anemia in chronic kidney disease
                      • Anemia in end-stage renal disease
                      • Gout
                      • High phosphorus (hyperphosphatemia)
                      • High potassium (hyperkalemia)
                      • Metabolic acidosis
                      • Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT)
                      • Pruritus (itchy skin)
                    • Just diagnosed with kidney disease
                    • Mental health and kidney disease
                    • Healthy eating & activity
                      • Kidney Kitchen: recipes, tools and guides
                      • Kidney failure (ESRD) diet
                      • Kidney-friendly eating plan
                    • Balancing work, family & travel
                    • Understanding health insurance
                    • COVID-19 and kidney patients: What you need to know
                    • COVID-19 vaccines and people with kidney disease
                      • COVID-19 vaccine and kidney disease: Frequently asked questions
                    • Kidney patients' rights
                      • Preparing for transplant
                      • Transplant waiting list
                      • Living donor kidney transplants
                      • Finding a living kidney donor
                      • Preparing for your living kidney donation
                      • Deceased donor kidney transplants
                      • Life after transplant: Rejection prevention and healthy tips
                        • Immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) medicines
                        • Kidney rejection after transplant
                        • Mental health and support after transplant
                        • Other health issues after a transplant
                        • Recovery after transplant surgery
                        • Living healthy after a transplant
                      • Organ and tissue donation
                        • Donate a kidney
                        • What to consider before donating a kidney
                        • Financial questions about kidney donation
                      • Kidney transplant in children
                      • 2022 AKF Living Donor Protection Report Card
                        • Clinical trials for kidney disease and other kidney diseases
                        • Dialysis
                          • New to dialysis
                          • Peritoneal dialysis
                          • Hemodialysis
                          • Home hemodialysis
                          • Choosing a hemodialysis treatment plan
                          • About vascular access
                          • Your dialysis care team
                        • What is a clinical trial?
                        • Who can participate?
                        • Medicines for kidney disease
                        • Types of clinical trials
                        • Medical management and palliative care
                        • Phases of clinical trials
                        • Are clinical trials safe?
                        • How do clinical trials work?
                        • Who pays for my health care during a clinical trial?
                        • Advantages and disadvantages of participating in clinical trials
                        • What happens during and after a clinical trial?
                        • What questions should I ask?
                        • Important clinical trial terms to understand
                        • Diversity in clinical trials
                          • Community Resource Finder
                          • Help with insurance premium payments
                            • Dialysis providers' code of conduct
                          • Safety net grants
                          • Disaster relief financial grants
                            • Disaster preparedness for kidney patients
                            • Disaster preparedness for professionals
                            • Typhoon Mawar - Resources for kidney patients
                          • Prescription drug resources
                          • Grants for children
                          • Veterans and kidney disease
                          • Education scholarship
                          • Online continuing education
                          • Clinical Scientist in Nephrology program
                            • Meet our CSN award recipients
                          • Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Project
                          • Explore recent renal news
                          • Kidney Kitchen for professionals
                          • GMS login
                            • Take action: Contact your lawmakers
                            • Learn about the Living Donor Protection Report Card
                            • Become a Kidney Health Coach
                            • Calendar Kids Art Contest
                            • Fundraise for AKF
                            • National Camp Program
                              • View ways to give to AKF
                              • Why give to AKF
                              • Donate in honor or memorial
                              • Fundraise for AKF
                              • Give monthly
                              • Donate a car
                              • Make a planned gift
                              • Leadership giving
                              • Join us at an event
                                • The Hope Affair Annual Gala
                                • A Pairing for Prevention: Boston
                                • New York Golf Classic
                              • Become a corporate partner
                              • Donate gently used items in GA and NC
                              • How to make a free will in 10 steps
                              • Real estate program
                              • Health Equity: take action
                                • Take action: Contact your lawmakers
                                • View the Living Donor Protection Report Card
                                • Join our Advocacy Network
                                • Our 2023 Policy Priorities
                                  • Addressing health disparities and advancing health equity
                                  • Addressing the impact of climate change on people with kidney disease
                                  • Improving early detection of kidney disease and addressing the unknown causes of kidney disease
                                  • Utilizing nutrition as a way to prevent and manage chronic diseases
                                  • Encouraging organ donation and supporting kidney transplants
                                  • Ensuring access to high quality, patient-centered care for Medicare beneficiaries with kidney disease
                                  • Ensuring adequate funding for kidney research and promoting innovation
                                  • Ensuring equity in the COVID-19 pandemic response
                                  • Fighting insurance discrimination against patients on dialysis
                                  • Protecting and enhancing access to health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored insurance
                                  • Protecting patient access to needed medications; supporting lower prescription drug costs
                                  • Supporting Medigap reform
                                • Our 2023 Legislative Priorities
                                • Policy Resources
                              GMS loginOur blogResource library
                              Donate todayGet involved
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                              • A young Hispanic woman hugging an older woman

                                Learn how we are fighting for health equity in kidney disease

                              • Fall blog photo

                                View our favorite kidney-friendly fall recipes

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                              Know Your Kidney Numbers

                              Know Your Kidney Numbers: A digital resource created to help prevent kidney disease

                              C3G and kidney disease

                              Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G)

                              Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of C3 glomerulopathy (C3G). C3G is a disease that causes inflammation and damage to the filters of your kidneys.

                              Potassium resources for health professionals

                              Find trusted resources - videos, guides, booklets, and engagement tools - curated from our Beyond Bananas campaign to help you and your patients learn about hig...
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                              Are You Looped In On Lupus Nephritis?

                              Did you know that lupus can affect your kidneys? If you have lupus, it is important to talk to your doctor about your risk for lupus nephritis and how to protec...
                              APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease

                              APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease

                              Learn about a genetic variation in the APOL1 gene which can increase the chance of kidney disease among people who have Western and Central African ancestry, th...

                              Clinical trials for kidney disease and other kidney diseases

                              Clinical trials are key to advancing the treatment of chronic kidney disease, and other kidney diseases. Learn about how clinical trials work and see if you mat...
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                              Kidney patients' rights

                              This section was designed to help you navigate these complicated issues and empower you to make informed decisions about your health care.
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                              Meet your treatment team: Dialysis social worker

                              Your CKD toolkit

                              Being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be an overwhelming experience. One in 7 Americans - more than 37 million people - live with kidney disease...
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