In addition to diagnosing and treating kidney conditions and kidney failure, nephrologists also analyze how kidney conditions affect other parts of the body such as:
- Autoimmune diseases
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Hypertension
Some of the most common conditions nephrologists treat include:
- Cystic kidney disease
- Diabetic and other kidney diseases
- End-stage renal (kidney) disease
- Glomerulonephritis (GN)
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- High blood pressure
- Kidney infections
- Kidney stones
- Toxic overdoses that require dialysis
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
