Let's Talk About Your Kidneys This National Kidney Month, and About Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease.

Your kidneys serve an essential role in your circulatory system. They are hard-working little organs that constantly filter the blood from your arteries, pass the filtered blood back into your veins, and remove the filtered waste products from your body as urine.

Without proper kidney function, waste products and fluids build up in your body, leading to a host of other issues. Eventually, last-resort procedures like dialysis treatments and kidney transplants may be necessary as it is not possible to live without at least one functioning kidney.