What is Nephrology?

Nephrology (a sub-specialty of general medicine), treats kidney ailments that cause high blood pressure and kidney damage. Your Kidneys are responsible for filtering and disposing of waste from the body, controlling blood pressure and adjusting the “chemistry” in your body.

When the kidneys don’t work well – problems with other systems develop. In order to treat medical kidney disease, a nephrologist must understand and treat other health problems that develop in patients with weak kidneys.

A nephrologist is trained in Internal Medicine and then a further three-year fellowship in Nephrology. To learn more about the various types of Kidney diseases for which you might be referred click on the button below