How the kidneys, bladder and urinary tract work, the diseases that affect them, and the tests, care and treatments that keep them working.
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Your kidneys aren’t very big—each is about the size of your fist—but they do important work. Kidneys that function properly are important for maintaining good health. More than 1 in 7 American adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects how well kidneys function. Learn what you can do to keep your kidneys healthy.
They’re only the size of your fist but they do so much to keep your system working properly. Once your kidneys become diseased, it’s a slow decline from there since we don’t have a cure, so your best bet is prevention. Read more to give kidney disease a miss.
Your mother taught you to share as a child, so why stop when you’re dead? Organ donations give people a second chance at life. Read more on organ donation and the moral case for making yourself available to those most in need.
The kidneys are the primary organs of the urinary system. They filter the blood, remove the wastes, and also maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals in your blood. Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in your body may not work normally.
Kidney disease means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. Kidney disease is common. You are at greater risk for kidney disease if you have diabetes or high blood pressure. Learn about kidney disease, screening tests and how to keep your kidneys healthy.
Kidney Disease 
Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease 
Kidney Failure 
Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome 
Renal Artery Stenosis 
Nephrotic Syndrome Renal Nutcracker Syndrome 
Albuminuria 
Ectopic Kidney 
Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease 
REN-Related Kidney Disease 
Solitary Kidney 
Dense Deposit Disease 
Medullary Sponge Kidney 
Renal Tubular Dysgenesis 
Nephrocalcinosis 
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 
Dent Disease 
Kidney Disease and Your Heart 
High Blood Pressure and Your Kidneys 
Fanconi Syndrome 
Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease-UMOD 
Alport Syndrome 
Denys-Drash Syndrome 
Gitelman Syndrome 
Cystinuria 
Amyloidosis 
Schimke Immuno-Osseous Dysplasia 
IgA Nephropathy 
Hartnup Disease 
Anti-GBM Disease 
Bartter Syndrome Pierson Syndrome 
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis The bladder is a hollow organ in your lower abdomen that stores urine. Many conditions can affect your bladder. Read about some of the most common bladder diseases including, bladder cancer, cystitis, urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and others.
Bladder Diseases 
Neurogenic Bladder 
Vesicoureteral Reflux 
Overactive Bladder 
Bladder Cancer 
Childhood Bladder Cancer 
Cystocele 
Urinary Incontinence 
Interstitial Cystitis 
Urinary Retention 
Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults 
Bladder Control Problems in Children 
Urinary Incontinence in Women 
Eosinophilic Cystitis 
Diabetes, Sexual and Urologic Problems 
Urachal Cancer Fowler Syndrome 
Stress Urinary Incontinence 
Pelvic Support Problems 
Pelvic Organ Prolapse The ureters carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, and the urethra carries it out of the body. Their conditions range from urinary tract infections in women and children to vesicoureteral reflux, in which urine flows back toward the kidneys, a duplicated urethra and cancer of the ureter.
Urinary system tests check how well the kidneys and bladder work and help find the cause of a problem. They range from kidney tests of blood and urine and a kidney biopsy to imaging of the urinary tract and urodynamic testing, which measures how the bladder stores and releases urine.
Kidney wellness rests on daily habits, such as eating well with chronic kidney disease in adults and children and easing chronic stress. When the kidneys fail, care ranges from conservative management to hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation, alongside lithotripsy for stones and urinary diversion.
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