Nutrition guide

There is a lot of information on the Internet, in newspapers and brochures about what people with kidney disease should eat. This information often appears contradictory and confusing. The Swiss Kidney Foundation would like to help you understand and categorize this information.

Translations: The French, Italian and English versions of the information are translations. In case of doubt, the German version is authoritative.

Dialysis centres in Switzerland and dialysis during the holidays

Ein Schweizer Dialysezentrum finden
Find a Swiss dialysis center
Trouver un centre de dialyse suisse
Trovare un centro di dialisi in Svizzera

Reisen und Dialyse
Travel and dialysis
Voyager et dialyse
Viaggi e dialisi

Abend-/Nachtdialyse und Spezialangebote in der Schweiz (DE)
Evening/night dialysis and special offers in Switzerland (DE)
Dialyse du soir/de nuit et offres spéciales en Suisse (DE)
Dialisi serale/notturna e offerte speciali in Svizzera (DE)

Brochures & Postcards free of charge

To order:

  • Brochures for kidney disease patients, but also for children, relatives and other interested parties!
  • Postcards for everyone!

Choosing renal replacement therapy

Living with kidney failure

This brochure helps patients suffering from kidney failure, on their own or with their healthcare team, to make the decisions that may be necessary when kidney failure develops: Choosing the most appropriate renal replacement therapy

Available in German, French and Italian

You can download the brochures free of charge in the respective language page.

The brochure can be ordered to be sent to you by post below.

Brochure for children

Our kidneys are heroes

This brochure provides children and teenagers with information about the kidneys: how they work, what they do and what treatment they need when they are ill. Its aim is to inform and arouse curiosity about this particular organ and its role in the overall miracle that is the human body.

Available in German, French, Italian and English

View the brochure at your leisure using the flipbook

The brochure can be ordered to be sent to you by post below.

 

Flyer and brochure

Preserving kidney function

This brochure tells you more about the kidneys, their functions, their diseases and how best to protect them. When their function declines, other organs suffer, especially the cardiovascular system and brain. And the quality of life and life expectancy decrease. In many cases, however, the decline in kidney function can be slowed down or even prevented.
Available in German, French, Italian and English

View the flyer at your leisure using the flipbook

View the brochure at your leisure using the flipbook

The flyer or brochure can be ordered to be sent to you by post below.

Postcards

Beautiful announcements in postcard format (10.5 x 14.8 cm).

The postcards are available free of charge in 4 languages, and their small format means they can be placed in the waiting room.

In this way, you can help spread information about the importance of kidneys to good health and support the Swiss Kidney Foundation!

View the postcards at your leisure using the flipbook

 
  • BROCHURE: Living with kidney failure

  • BROCHURE: Our kidneys are heroes

  • FLYER: Preserving Kidney Function - Important Information in Brief

  • BROCHURE: Preserving kidney function - even with kidney disease

  • POSTCARDS

 

Verification

Five things that doctors and patients should consider

In the interests of the Schweizerische Akademie für Qualität in der Medizin (Swiss Academy for Quality in Medicine) and a similar initiative by the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine, the Board of the Swiss Society of Nephrology has joined the international “Choosing Wisely” campaign.

The Choosing Wisely campaign aims to promote doctor-patient dialogue and contains medical guidelines in cases of unfavourable individual benefit-risk ratios.

Are your kidneys healthy?

850 million people live with kidney disease. Take this one-minute quiz to find out if your kidneys are healthy.

The main job of your kidneys is to remove toxins and excess water from your blood. Kidneys also help to control your blood pressure, to produce red blood cells and to keep your bones healthy. The kidneys are complicated and amazing organs that do many essential tasks to keep us healthy. They are so important that you cannot live well without functioning kidneys.

Between 8 and 10% of the adult population has some form of kidney damage, and every year millions die prematurely of complications related to kidney disease.

«I live healthy and enjoy the present and listen well to my body»

Thomas Hunziker, Member of the Foundation Board