Ask ARC
Ask anything about kidneys and dialysis
Our assistant is loaded with everything on this website — the journey, the first day, food and fluid, our clinics and our services. Ask in your own words, at any hour.
This assistant gives general education only. It cannot diagnose you, read your blood results or change your treatment. For anything about your own health, speak to your nephrologist or our team.
What it can help with
- What kidney failure and dialysis actually mean
- What happens on a first day, hour by hour
- Fistulas, grafts and necklines
- Food, fluid and South African favourites
- Work, travel, exercise and mood
- Our two clinics, transport and medical aids
If this is an emergencyChest pain, severe breathlessness, confusion, bleeding you cannot stop or fever with shaking chills means going to your nearest emergency department now.
Prefer a person?WhatsApp or phone us on 069 259 0058, or send a written question to a nephrologist on our Ask a Nephrologist page.