information about specific conditions

Finding out that you have kidney disease can be confronting and overwhelming.  Having access to reliable, written information can help at the time of diagnosis as well as during the course of your kidney disease.  The following are useful websites you may find helpful.

Kidney Health Australia (KHA) is an Australian organisation for the promotion of kidney disease.  Their website has a large amount of information about kidney disease for patients and their carers.  The KHA website can be found by clicking on the following link: https://kidney.org.au/your-kidneys

Specific pages on the KHA website that may be of interest are: 

• Diet and Nutrition 
• Living with Kidney Disease
• Anaemia and Kidney Disease
• Patient Fact Sheets

Kidney Education Foundation is a group that provides comprehensive information about the kidneys and kidney disease, in numerous languages. The Kidney Education website can be accessed here.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is an American health organisation.  Some information on their website is specific to the USA and their healthcare system, but there is also information that Australian patients with kidney disease may find useful.  The NKF website can be found here.