Diagnosis of Kidney Diseases

For kidney disease diagnosis, you may also need certain tests and procedures, such as:

• Blood tests. Kidney function tests look for the level of waste products, such as creatinine and urea, in your blood.
• Urine tests. Analyzing a sample of your urine may reveal abnormalities that point to chronic kidney failure and help identify the cause of chronic kidney disease.
• Imaging tests. Your doctor may use ultrasound to assess your kidneys' structure and size. Other imaging tests may be used in some cases.
• Removing a sample of kidney tissue for testing. Your doctor may recommend a kidney biopsy to remove a sample of kidney tissue. Kidney biopsy is often done with local anesthesia using a long, thin needle that's inserted through your skin and into your kidney. The biopsy sample is sent to a lab for testing to help determine what's causing your kidney problem.

Kidney Diseases List

• Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome (Nephropathic Cystinosis)
• 9/11 and Kidney Disease
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
• Acetaminophen-induced Nephrotoxicity
• Acute Kidney Failure/Acute Kidney Injury
• Acute Kidney Failure/Acute Kidney Injury
• Acute Lobar Nephronia
• Acute Phosphate Nephropathy
• Acute Phosphate Nephropathy
• Acute Tubular Necrosis
• Acute Tubular Necrosis
• Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency
• Adenovirus Nephritis
• Alagille Syndrome
• Alport Syndrome
• Alport Syndrome
• Amyloidosis
• Amyloidosis
• Analgesic Nephropathy
• Analgesic Nephropathy
• ANCA Vasculitis Related to Endocarditis and Other Infections
• ANCA Vasculitis Related to Endocarditis and Other Infections
• Angiomyolipoma
• Angiotensin Antibodies and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
• Anorexia Nervosa and Kidney Disease
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome
• Anti-TNF-α Therapy-related Glomerulonephritis
• APOL1 Mutations
• Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
• Apparent Mneralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
• Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy, Chinese Herbal Nephropathy, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
• Bartter Syndrome
• Bartter Syndrome
• Beer Potomania
• Beeturia
• Beeturia
• Bile Cast Nephropathy
• BK Polyoma Virus Nephropathy in the Native Kidney
• Bladder Rupture
• Bladder Sphincter Dyssynergia
• Bladder Tamponade
• Border-Crossers' Nephropathy
• Bourbon Virus and Acute Kidney Injury
• Burnt Sugarcane Harvesting and Acute Renal Dysfunction
• Byetta and Renal Failure
• C1q Nephropathy
• C1q Nephropathy
• C3 Glomerulopathy with Monoclonal Gammopathy
• Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity
• Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Acute Renal Failure
• Cardiorenal syndrome
• Cardiorenal syndrome
• Carfilzomib-Indiced Renal Injury
• CFHR5 nephropathy
• Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease with Glomerulopathy
• Cherry Concentrate and Acute Kidney Injury
• Cholesterol Emboli
• Cholesterol Emboli
• Churg–Strauss syndrome
• Churg–Strauss syndrome
• Chyluria
• Cocaine and the Kidney
• Cold Diuresis
• Colistin Nephrotoxicity
• Collagenofibrotic Glomerulopathy
• Collapsing Glomerulopathy, Collapsing Glomerulopathy Related to CMV
• Combination Antiretroviral (cART) Related-Nephropathy
• Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
• Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome
• Conorenal syndrome (Mainzer-Saldino Syndrome or Saldino-Mainzer Disease)
• Contrast Nephropathy
• Contrast Nephropathy
• Copper Sulpfate Intoxication
• Cortical Necrosis
• Crizotinib-related Acute Kidney Injury
• Cryocrystalglobulinemia
• Cryoglobuinemia
• Crystalglobulin-Induced Nephropathy
• Crystal-Induced Acute Kidney injury
• Crystal-Induced Acute Kidney injury
• Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis
• Cystic Kidney Disease, Acquired
• Cystic Kidney Disease, Acquired
• Cystinuria
• Cystinuria
• Dasatinib-Induced Nephrotic-Range Proteinuria
• Dense Deposit Disease (MPGN Type 2)
• Dense Deposit Disease (MPGN Type 2)
• Dent Disease (X-linked Recessive Nephrolithiasis)
• Dent Disease (X-linked Recessive Nephrolithiasis)
• DHA Crystalline Nephropathy
• Diabetes and Diabetic Kidney Disease
• Diabetes and Diabetic Kidney Disease
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
• Dietary Supplements and Renal Failure
• Diffuse Mesangial Sclerosis
• Diuresis
• Down Syndrome and Kidney Disease
• Drugs of Abuse and Kidney Disease
• Duplicated Ureter
• EAST syndrome
• Ebola and the Kidney
• Ectopic Kidney
• Ectopic Ureter
• Edema, Swelling
• Edema, Swelling
• Erdheim-Chester Disease
• Fabry’s Disease
• Fabry’s Disease
• Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
• Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
• Fanconi Syndrome
• Fanconi Syndrome
• Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis and Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy
• Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis and Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy
• Fibronectin Glomerulopathy
• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Sclerosis, Focal Glomerulosclerosis
• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Sclerosis, Focal Glomerulosclerosis
• Fraley syndrome
• Fraley syndrome
• Fraser syndrome
• Galloway Mowat syndrome
• Gestational Hypertension
• Gestational Hypertension
• Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis with Kidney Involvement
• Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis with Kidney Involvement
• Gitelman Syndrome
• Gitelman Syndrome
• Glomerular Diseases
• Glomerular Diseases
• Glomerular Tubular Reflux
• Glycosuria
• Goodpasture Syndrome
• Goodpasture Syndrome
• Hair Dye Ingestion and Acute Kidney Injury
• Hantavirus Infection Podocytopathy
• Heat Stress Nephropathy
• Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
• Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
• Hemophagocytic Syndrome
• Hemorrhagic Cystitis
• Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS, Hantavirus Renal Disease, Korean Hemorrhagic Fever, Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever, Nephropathis Epidemica)
• Hemosiderinuria
• Hemosiderosis related to Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Hemolytic Anemia
• Hepatic Glomerulopathy
• Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease, Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
• Hepatitis C-Associated Renal Disease
• Hepatitis C-Associated Renal Disease
• Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Herbal Supplements and Kidney Disease
• High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
• High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
• HIV-Associated Immune Complex Kidney Disease (HIVICK)
• HIV-Associated Nephropathy (HIVAN)
• HIV-Associated Nephropathy (HIVAN)
• HNF1B-related Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
• Horseshoe Kidney (Renal Fusion)
• Horseshoe Kidney (Renal Fusion)
• Hunner's Ulcer
• Hydroxychloroquine-induced Renal Phospholipidosis
• Hyperaldosteronism
• Hyperaldosteronism
• Hypercalcemia
• Hypercalcemia
• Hyperkalemia
• Hyperkalemia
• Hypermagnesemia
• Hypermagnesemia
• Hypernatremia
• Hypernatremia
• Hyperoxaluria
• Hyperoxaluria
• Hyperphosphatemia
• Hyperphosphatemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitic Syndrome
• Hypokalemia, Hypokalemia-induced renal dysfunction
• Hypokalemia, Hypokalemia-induced renal dysfunction
• Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
• Hypomagnesemia
• Hypomagnesemia
• Hyponatremia
• Hyponatremia
• Hypophosphatemia
• Hypophosphatemia
• Hypophosphatemia in Users of Cannabis
• Ifosfamide Nephrotoxicity
• IgA Nephropathy
• IgA Nephropathy
• IgG4 Nephropathy
• Immersion Diuresis
• Immune Complex Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Due to Autoantibodies to the Proximal Tubule Brush Border
• Immune-Checkpoint Therapy-Related Interstitial Nephritis
• Interstitial Cystitis, Painful Bladder Syndrome (Questionnaire)
• Interstitial Nephritis
• Interstitial Nephritis
• Interstitial Nephritis, Karyomegalic
• Ivemark's syndrome
• Ketamine-Associated Bladder Dysfunction
• Kidney Disease Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Kidney Disease Related to Stem Cell Transplantation
• Kidney Stones, Nephrolithiasis
• Kidney Stones, Nephrolithiasis
• Kombucha Tea Toxicity
• Lead Nephropathy and Lead-Related Nephrotoxicity
• Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency (LCAT Deficiency)
• Leptospirosis Renal Disease
• Liddle Syndrome
• Liddle Syndrome
• Light Chain Deposition Disease, Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease
• Light Chain Deposition Disease, Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease
• Light Chain Proximal Tubulopathy
• Lightwood-Albright Syndrome
• Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy
• Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy
• Lithium Nephrotoxicity
• Lithium Nephrotoxicity
• LMX1B Mutations Cause Hereditary FSGS
• Loin Pain Hematuria
• Loin Pain Hematuria
• Lupus Kidney Disease, Lupus Nephritis
• Lupus Kidney Disease, Lupus Nephritis
• Lupus Nephritis with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Seropositivity
• Lupus Podocytopathy
• Lupus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
• Lupus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
• Lyme Disease-Associated Glomerulonephritis
• Lyme Disease-Associated Glomerulonephritis
• Lysinuric Protein Intolerance
• Lysozyme Nephropathy
• Malakoplakia
• Malarial Nephropathy
• Malarial Nephropathy
• Malignancy-Associated Renal Disease
• Malignancy-Associated Renal Disease
• Malignant Hypertension
• Malignant Hypertension
• MDMA (Molly; Ecstacy; 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and Kidney Failure
• Meatal Stenosis
• Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
• Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease, Urolodulin-Associated Nephropathy, Juvenile Hyperuricemic
• Nephropathy Type 1
• Medullary Sponge Kidney
• Medullary Sponge Kidney
• Megaureter
• Melamine Toxicity and the Kidney
• Melamine Toxicity and the Kidney
• Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
• Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
• Membranous Nephropathy
• Membranous Nephropathy
• Membranous-like Glomerulopathy with Masked IgG Kappa Deposits
• MesoAmerican Nephropathy
• Blood Tests
• Imaging Tests
• Kidney Biopsy
• Urine Tests