Resources- Specific Diagnosis Card Catalog- Kidney Disorders

Who to Contact

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
30 East 33rd Street, 11th Fl
New York, New York, USA 10016
(212) 889-2210
(800) 622-9010
Fax: (212) 689-9261
Web: www.kidney.org

The National Kidney Foundation's mission is the total eradication of kidney and urinal tract disease. They serve pre renal and renal disease patients and families, donor families, and transplant recipients. They have state chapters with a directory available. The state chapters provide assistance to individuals who wish to start a support group in their locality. The Foundation provides parent-to-parent matching through their pen pals section of their newsletter.

Where to go to Chat with Others?

Kidney Kids
Caring for kidney failure, this group is for parents, friends and family caring for kids and kids living with kidney disease, end stage renal failure and kidney transplants.

Transplant
Organ transplant recipients and anyone else interested in the issues.

Transplant-Related Newsgroups

Kidney Transplants
A discussion group for patients about to be or already transplanted with a new kidney. Medicinces, Life-style, Quality of life, side-effects, coping and things to watch out for.

Dialysis Support - ESRD: End Stage Renal Disease
We care, share, listen and discuss concerns as a starting point, a good way towards helping each other adapt to adjustments and truly survive kidney failure successfully. We help each other adapt and compromise to what becomes reality.

Learn More About It

End-Stage Renal Disease: Choosing a Treatment That's Right For You

Dialysis Patients Health Guide

Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure
From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Kidney Disease in Children
From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Inherited Renal Diseases

Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You
From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

ESRD Information Resource
From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Links

National Kidney Foundation

Consumer MedHelp
Kidney "Helpers" Food Guides

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

Nephron Line - UK

RENALNET Kidney Information Clearinghouse

American Association of Kidney Patients