Cheshire Medical Center provides comprehensive and compassionate outpatient and inpatient care for patients suffering from kidney or renal problems and blood pressure issues. Many diseases affecting the kidney are often not limited to the organ itself. In these cases, a team of experts is coordinated through your primary care team.
Common problems we treat include:
- Acute and chronic renal, or kidney, failure
- Diabetic kidney disease
- Fabry disease
- Hematuria (blood in the urine)
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney)
- Inherited renal diseases
- Kidney stones
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Proteinuria (protein in the urine)
- Tubular defects, including acidosis
- Urinary tract infections
Hypertension Clinic
Cheshire’s Hypertension Clinic offers expert care for high blood-pressure management. Run by certified hypertension specialist Maryam Gul, MD, patients will learn how to treat and manage their hypertension, reducing their risk of cardiovascular disease and improving their overall health.
Services offered:
Diagnostic testing with 24-hour blood-pressure monitoring.
Medication management with personalized treatment goals
Lifestyle modifications with our nutritionists
Secondary referrals for complex cases and patients with resistant hypertension, such as endocrinology
Collaboration for the best care
Cheshire Medical Center’s nephrology team often coordinates with other experts as part of your personalized treatment plan:
- Diagnostic imaging and laboratory testing help us diagnose and manage your health problems.
- Your primary care provider and collaborative care nurse help coordinate your care.
- Our partners on DHMC’s transplant team are available if needed.
- We have a strong partnership with Monadnock Dialysis Center.