Kidney Specialists of North Houston Education and Diet

Introduction​

Your kidneys have many life sustaining functions. They are involved in blood pressure control, maintaining electrolyte balance (sodium, potassium, phosphorous, calcium, etc), removing excess fluid from your body and clearing acids and medications from your blood.The kidneys have important hormonal functions as well, and are involved in the control of red blood cell and vitamin D production.

Patients with chronic kidney disease often do not feel badly until their kidneys have almost completely failed.

Your primary care doctor will determine if you have kidney disease based on blood work, urine studies and/or imaging of the abdomen. You may be referred to a kidney doctor (nephrologist) for any of the above issues or to help care for kidney stones, rare autoimmune or genetic diseases of the kidney.