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What is Kidney Disease?
Kidneys can stop working for many reasons, leading to kidney failure.
If this happens, you will need treatment to take out waste. Treatments include:
• Kidney transplant
• Dialysis
• Treatment with no transplant or dialysis
What are kidneys and what do they do?
What happens if my kidneys stop working?
Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
The kidneys are small, bean-shaped organs
on either side of your spine. The kidneys’
main job is to take out waste and extra fluid
from your body. They make urine from this
waste.