A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Kidney Disease: How to Improve Your Kidney Health and Wellbeing

Amazon Customer: This is a great book for anyone wanting to know all about kidney disease and it's easy reading for the ordinary person I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN KIDNEY DISEASE

Canada on Oct 26, 2023

Dave.: Very informative for those of us who have kidney problems.

United States on Oct 01, 2023

Jeri: This is a book written by a kidney doctor of 40 years. He also has a You Tube question and answer program helping patients understand the treatment of kidney disease.

United States on Sep 08, 2023

Audrey: I learned more from this book than from my kidney doctor.

United States on Aug 30, 2023

Happy Customer: Very good guide to understanding the basics of kidney disease and the various treatment modalities. Clear enough for a layman by myself to understand. Of course, it should be understood that nobody should diagnose or treat themselves for possible kidney disease, but if you are already under the care of a nephrologist, this is a good guidebook

United States on Jul 05, 2023

Judith Louise: This book is brilliant. It gave us all the information we required to enter into a conversation with the doctor. Describing all treatments for various stages of kidney disease. Including which medication may be harmful to kidneys. It opened our eyes and our mind to the possibility of avoiding dialysis. We were overwhelmed and lost. Now we have a clear understanding.

Australia on May 10, 2023

Mrs Lenor Murray: So far very informative but haven't finished reading this book.

United Kingdom on Mar 10, 2023

Placeholder: It helps in deciding how to live daily life with healthy kidney and life long healthy life
Helpful for kidney patients

India on Sep 07, 2022

Rovshana: An easy read for any level of knowledge. Highly recommended for anyone new to the disease.
If you, like I, have been researching some already, you will probably not find much new info.

It is a bit short. I would love to see some chapters on the different types of kidney diseases, as they can have quite different treatment and outlooks. Also some clearer guidelines to the Smart Diet would be great. Like clear info of what is great to eat and what to stay clear of, and what is OK in moderation.

Italy on Nov 23, 2020

diane kendall: This book written for the average reader, offers useful information for patients with very mild CKD to those patients who need to plan for dialysis or kidney transplant. It offers scientifically proven ways to slow progression of CKD, including a chapter on a Smart Diet for all CKD patients. This diet not only can slow CKD progression but can also help patients to live longer and better. It offers the best treatments for the medical problems that can come with a diagnosis of CKD. For most patients this book will alleviate concerns about having CKD and for some patients with advanced CKD it offers an approach that can delay the start of dialysis for many months or even years in some cases. It explains why low and very low protein diets, promoted by many kidney books for patients, is usually not beneficial and may even be harmful. It provides the latest recommendations for treatment of CKD that comes from international kidney doctor organizations. The book is organized in a way that provides information for all patients with CKD in the first part of the book and has information in later chapters for patients whose CKD has progressed. For those patients who want to get the "meat" of...

United States on Mar 13, 2020