The average human adult has more than 5 liters (6 quarts) of blood in his or her body. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to living cells and takes away their waste products. It also delivers immune cells to fight infections and contains platelets that can form a plug in a damaged blood vessel to prevent…

Early kidney disease usually doesn’t have any symptoms. Testing is the only way to know how well your kidneys are working. People who have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or a family history of kidney failure are more exposed to chronic kidney disease and should get tested more often. The sooner chronic kidney disease…

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) means you have lasting damage to your kidneys that can get worse over time. If the damage is severe, your kidneys may stop working. This is called kidney failure and it means you will need dialysis or a kidney transplant. CKD is when your kidneys are damaged and lose their ability to filter waste and fluid…

Your kidneys are one of the most important organs in your body that filter fluid and waste out of your blood, and you cannot live without them. Diseases that lower your kidney’s ability to clean your blood can affect not only the kidneys but harm other parts of your body too. These health conditions can…