Kidney disease can affect anybody, but there is an increased risk if you are of south Asian origin and also if you have diabetes.
This page has two videos about chronic kidney disease (CKD). In the first, Kalwant talks about her life with diabetes and kidney disease, and the transplant she had to save her life.
In the past, kidney disease often wasn't identified until it was at a late stage. But diagnosis by GPs is now more common, enabling effective treatment to be started earlier. In this video, an expert explains chronic kidney disease and a woman describes how she manages the condition.
In the second video, an expert talks about living with kidney disease.
