Nephrology Specialty

Know your kidneys, understand normal kidney function, kidney problems and its treatment, and also about dialysis and kidney transplantation.

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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Offers Hope for Chronic Kidney Disease

IgA Nephropathy: An Autoimmune Disease Sees Potential Benefit in Felzartamab Antibody

Building Artificial Kidneys from Scratch to Fight Disease

Three-Decade Rise in Women's Chronic Kidney Disease

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Medindia In-depth Special Reports

AWAK's Portable Dialysis Device Offers New Hope for Kidney Patients

Cutting Salt, Saving Lives: New WHO Guidelines for India's Packaged Foods

Urinary Incontinence: More Than Just a Bladder Issue

High Uric Acid: What It Means and How to Treat It

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Lifestyle and Wellness

Diet and Nutrition

Chickpea for the Soul!

Potassium Rich Foods

Diet for Kidney stones

Medicinal Properties of the Banana Plant

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Health Calculators

Corrected Sodium Calculator

Urinary Incontinence Calculator

Over-active Bladder Calculator

Dialysis Efficiency (Kt/V) Calculator

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Medical Conditions

Microscopic Polyangiitis

Breathing Dirty Air may Lead to Kidney Failure

Solitary Kidney

Renal Tuberculosis

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Diagnosis

Lithotripsy or Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL)

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Kidney Tumors

Renal Isotope Scan

Tests for Kidney Stones

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Medical Treatment

Dialysis

Dialysis is an artificial process for removing excess water and waste from the blood. Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are the types of dialysis.

Drugs for Kidney Stones

Drugs for kidney stones are used to treat the symptoms of the condition and to prevent new stones from forming.

Surgical Procedures

Ureteroscopy for Stone

Dialysis

Structure of Male Urethra

Transplantation

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Hypertension

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

Test Your Knowledge on Kidney Cancer

Test Your Knowledge on Glomerulonephritis - Kidney Disease

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Medical Syndrome

Lesch-nyhan Syndrome

Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome

Bartter's Syndrome

Thorn's Syndrome

Alport

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Urinary System

Interactive section of Medindia gives general information about Male Urinary ...

Kidney Stones

Interactive section of Medindia explains Colics due to a moving Kidney ...

Open Partial Nephrectomy

Slide animation to explain open surgical procedure called ‘partial nephrectomy’ where a part of a ...

Open Ureterolithotomy

Open ureterolithotomy is an open surgical procedure done under general anesthesia to remove stones ...

Magnesium Rich Foods

Magnesium, an overlooked but vital mineral, forms an important part of the balanced diet. Here’s a ...

Type 2 Diabetes

Learn more about Type 2 Diabetes, a disease that is taking the world by ...

Healthy Foods for People with Kidney Disease

For people with kidney disease, the choice of foods becomes limited. Here’s a list of healthy foods ...

Foods to Avoid in Kidney Failure

Cut back on salt, restrict your fluid intake and limit consumption of proteins if you suffer from ...

Home Remedies for Kidney Stones

Kidney stones cause excruciating pain. The stones can be removed and prevented with few remedies ...

Healthy Foods for People with Kidney Disease

For people with kidney disease, the choice of foods becomes limited. Here's a list of healthy foods ...

Infected Diabetic Kidney-Draining Pus through Stent

Infected diabetic kidney where there was pus draining after double J stent ...

Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS)

Retrograde Intra-Renal Surgery is a procedure that is performed to remove the stone from ...

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Drug Information

Citric acid and Sodium Citrate

Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide

Epoetin Beta-methoxy Polyethylene Glycol

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