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Oral complications of chemotherapy and head/neck radiation are common and should be considered and addressed before, during, and after treatment. Get detailed information about mucositis, salivary gland dysfunction, and taste changes, as well as psychosocial issues in this clinician summary.

Learn about living with kidney failure—symptoms, complications, treatment options, how to cope, and how your health care team and friends can help.

Learn about continuous ambulatory (CAPD) and continuous cycling (CCPD) peritoneal dialysis treatments you do at home—how to prepare, do exchanges, and risks.

Describes Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder and the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States, and its symptoms and treatment.

Explains how kidney disease can lead to anemia, the kidneys’ role in making red blood cells, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of anemia in kidney disease.

Causes, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and outlook for kidney dysplasia, a condition in which one or both kidneys do not develop normally in the womb.

Defines IgA nephropathy, an autoimmune disease that affects the kidneys. Discusses causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Learn about diabetic kidney disease (DKD), who is at risk, how to keep your kidneys healthy, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and what to do if you have DKD.

Explains the range of imaging technologies used to evaluate the urinary tract, including ultrasound, conventional radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, and computerized tomography.

Learn about erectile dysfunction (ED), a condition in which a man is unable to get or keep an erection firm enough for satisfactory sexual intercourse.