Kidney health blog
Every article on this site is listed below. Start with a core guide if you are new to the topic, or jump straight to any article. No article replaces talking to a clinician.
Core guides
A high creatinine result: what it means
Why creatinine rises, and what a high reading can and cannot tell you.
Read this guideAcute kidney injury: sudden kidney trouble
What acute kidney injury is, its causes, and how recovery works.
Read this guideBlood pressure and the kidneys
The two-way link between high blood pressure and kidney damage.
Read this guideDeceased donor kidney transplant
How the deceased-donor route works in India — brain death, NOTTO and allocation.
Read this guideDiabetes and the kidneys
How diabetes damages the kidneys, and how to slow it down.
Read this guideDialysis: an overview of the options
How dialysis replaces kidney function, and the difference between the two main types.
Read this guideGovernment schemes for kidney care
How Ayushman Bharat and state schemes help pay for dialysis and transplant.
Read this guideHemodialysis: what the treatment involves
How hemodialysis works, the schedule, vascular access, and the diet that goes with it.
Read this guideKidney stones: pain and relief
What kidney stones are, why they hurt, and how they are treated.
Read this guideKidney transplant in India: a practical guide
How a kidney transplant works in India, and the legal rules that protect donors and recipients.
Read this guideLife after a kidney transplant
Recovery, follow-up, and the lifelong medicines that come with a transplant.
Read this guideLiving kidney donation: for donors and families
Who can donate a kidney, and the protections for donors under Indian law.
Read this guidePeritoneal dialysis at home
What peritoneal dialysis is, and whether it suits you.
Read this guideReading your kidney test results
A plain explanation of creatinine, eGFR, urea and urine protein, and how to read the results.
Read this guideSigns of kidney disease
The early and late symptoms of kidney disease, and when to see a doctor.
Read this guideThe stages of kidney disease, explained
How kidney disease is staged using eGFR, and what each stage means.
Read this guideWhat chronic kidney disease is
A plain-language explanation of chronic kidney disease — what it is, why it happens, and how it is managed.
Read this guideWhat kidney treatment costs in India
A realistic look at dialysis and transplant costs, and what schemes cover.
Read this guideAll articles
- A Low-Sodium Diet for Kidney Disease
- ACE Inhibitors and ARBs for Kidney Protection
- Alcohol and Kidney Health
- Anemia in Kidney Disease
- Ankle and Leg Swelling in Kidney Disease
- Antibiotics and Kidney Safety
- Back Pain or Kidney Pain?
- Bad Breath and a Metallic Taste in Kidney Disease
- Blood in the Urine: Causes and When to Act
- Blood Pressure Medicines and Kidney Protection
- Bone Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Bone Pain in Kidney Disease
- Can I Sell My Kidney?
- Can I Sell One Kidney and Still Live?
- Can You Buy a Kidney in India?
- Caring for Your Fistula
- CGHS and Kidney Treatment
- Cholesterol and Kidney Disease
- Compensation for Kidney Donation: What Is Allowed
- Contrast Dye and Kidney Risk
- Curd and Yogurt with Kidney Disease
- Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants
- Dehydration and the Kidneys
- Diabetes Medicines and the Kidneys
- Dialysis Access: Fistula, Graft and Catheter
- Dialysis Cost Per Session in India
- Dialysis Cost: Private vs Government Centres
- Dialysis Diet Guidelines
- Dialysis Side Effects and How to Manage Them
- Diet After a Kidney Transplant
- Diet for Anemia in Kidney Disease
- Diet on Peritoneal Dialysis
- Diet When You Have Protein in the Urine
- Dry and Itchy Skin in Kidney Disease
- Easy Bruising in Kidney Disease
- eGFR Explained
- Eggs and Kidney Disease
- Erythropoietin Injections for Kidney Anemia
- ESIC and Kidney Treatment
- Exercise and Kidney Health
- Exercise While on Dialysis
- Family History and Kidney Disease Risk
- Fatigue in Kidney Disease
- Feeling Cold with Kidney Disease
- Fibre and Kidney Health
- Fistula vs Catheter for Dialysis
- Fluid Intake in Kidney Disease
- Foamy Urine and Protein
- Foamy Urine: A Sign to Check
- Free Dialysis in India
- Frequent Urination and Kidney Disease
- Fruits for Kidney Patients: Which Are Safer
- Glomerulonephritis: Inflammation of the Kidney Filters
- Gout and Kidney Disease
- Headaches and Kidney Disease
- Health Insurance for Kidney Disease
- Heat and Kidney Risk
- Herbal Supplements and the Kidneys
- High Urea: What It Means
- Home Dialysis in India
- How a Peritoneal Dialysis Exchange Works
- How Much Can I Sell My Kidney For?
- How Much Is a Kidney Worth?
- How Often Is Dialysis Needed?
- How Often Is Hemodialysis Needed?
- How Often to Check Your Kidneys
- How to Protect Your Kidneys
- Hydronephrosis: Swelling of the Kidney
- I Need Money Fast: Can I Sell My Kidney?
- I Want to Sell My Kidney for Money
- IgA Nephropathy: A Common Kidney Filter Disease
- Immunosuppressants Explained
- Infection Risk After a Transplant
- Insurance Waiting Periods for Kidney Disease
- Iron Supplements in Kidney Disease
- Is Selling a Kidney Legal in India?
- Itching in Kidney Disease
- Kidney Biopsy: What It Involves
- Kidney Cancer: An Overview
- Kidney Cysts: Usually Harmless, Sometimes Not
- Kidney Disease and Heart Disease
- Kidney Disease in Older Adults
- Kidney Disease in Women
- Kidney Donation Money: Is Payment Legal?
- Kidney Donor Eligibility
- Kidney Health After 40
- Kidney Infection (Pyelonephritis)
- Kidney Price in India (Black Market)
- Kidney Transplant Cost Breakdown
- Kidney Transplant Success Rates
- Kidney Transplant Waiting Time in India
- Kidney-Friendly Indian Foods
- Living Donor Recovery: What to Expect
- Loss of Taste in Kidney Disease
- Low-Phosphorus Foods for Kidney Patients
- Low-Potassium Food Swaps
- Low-Potassium Vegetables for Kidney Patients
- Low-Sodium Cooking Tips
- Lupus Nephritis: When Lupus Affects the Kidneys
- Managing Fluid Restriction on Dialysis
- Medicines That Can Harm the Kidneys
- Mental Health and Kidney Disease
- Monitoring Blood Pressure at Home
- Muscle Cramps and Kidney Disease
- Nausea and Loss of Appetite in Kidney Disease
- Nephrotic Syndrome: What It Is
- NGOs and Charities That Help Kidney Patients
- Normal Creatinine Levels by Age and Sex
- Obesity and Kidney Disease
- Occupational Kidney Risk
- Painkillers and Kidney Damage
- Phosphate Binders: What They Do
- Phosphorus and Kidney Disease
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Potassium and Kidney Disease
- Pregnancy After a Kidney Transplant
- Protein in the Urine: What It Signals
- Protein Intake in Kidney Disease
- Puffy Eyes and Kidney Disease
- Renal Artery Stenosis: A Cause of High Blood Pressure
- Rice on a Kidney Diet
- Sleep and Kidney Health
- Sleep Problems in Kidney Disease
- Smoking and Kidney Disease
- Smoking and Kidney Health
- Spices and Kidney Disease
- Stress and Kidney Disease
- Sugar and Kidney Disease
- Swap (Paired) Kidney Transplant
- Swelling (Edema) in Kidney Disease
- Tea and Coffee with Kidney Disease
- Tests Before Becoming a Kidney Donor
- The Kidney Transplant Waiting List in India
- The National Dialysis Programme
- The Urine Albumin Test
- Transplant Rejection: Symptoms to Watch
- Travel After a Kidney Transplant
- Travelling While on Dialysis
- Understanding Your Dry Weight on Dialysis
- Unexplained Weight Loss in Kidney Disease
- Urine Color Changes: What They Can Mean
- Urine Odour and Kidney Health
- UTIs and the Kidneys
- Vitamin D and Kidney Disease
- What Happens If I Sell My Kidney?
- What Is GFR and Why It Matters
- What Will It Take to Sell My Kidney?
- Where Can I Sell My Kidney?
- Where Is Kidney Pain Felt?
- Working While on Dialysis