2006-07-02 08:46:20 · 21 answers · asked by ifte™ 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
As long as a person with 2 kidneys, providing it works. Actually, you only need half a kidney to live.
2006-07-02 08:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Helen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-23 21:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Madeline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, humans can live normally with just one kidney. Only when the amount of functioning kidney tissue is greatly diminished will renal failure develop. If renal function is impaired, various forms of medications are used, while others are contraindicated. Provided that treatment is begun early, it may be possible to reverse chronic kidney failure due to diabetes or high blood pressure. If creatinine clearance (a measure of renal function) has fallen very low ("end-stage renal failure"), or if the renal dysfunction leads to severe symptoms, dialysis is commenced. Dialysis is a medical procedure, performed in various different forms, where the blood is filtered outside of the body.
Kidney transplantation is the only cure for end stage renal failure; dialysis, is a supportive treatment; a form of "buying time" to bridge the inevitable wait for a suitable organ.
The first successful kidney transplant was announced on March 4, 1954 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. The surgery was performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990 for this feat.
There are two types of kidney transplants: living donor transplant and a cadaveric (dead donor) transplant. When a kidney from a living donor, usually a blood relative, is transplanted into the patient's body, the donor's blood group and tissue type must be judged compatible with the patient's, and extensive medical tests are done to determine the health of the donor. Before a cadaveric donor's organs can be transplanted, a series of medical tests have to be done to determine if the organs are healthy. Also, in some countries, the family of the donor must give its consent for the organ donation. In both cases, the recipient of the new organ needs to take drugs to suppress their immune system to help prevent their body from rejecting the new kidney [1].
2006-07-02 08:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Linda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can survive for the rest of their life.
Some people donate a kidney to family members with kidney failure. In that case, two people each survive with one kidney.
2006-07-02 08:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by drslowpoke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very long, but they have to check with the doctor if everything is ok a lot more often than someone who has both kidneys... because the kidney left will have to work for 2, and it might get damaged in doing it. And you know, when that one gets broken, you got no one left... take good care of your kidney!
2006-07-02 08:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by F. Carr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person can live a full normal life on one kidney. They are donated all the time ~. My wife donated one of her kidneys to her father who is diabetic.
2006-07-02 08:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by Chris K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Person with one kidney has the same length of lifespan as those with two kidneys. You need to take extra carefull with your one kidney like avoiding physical stress and trauma to the side of the kidney.
2006-07-02 08:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by Edmundo L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't just sit around and do nothing like my doctors suggested.
They didn't want me to do anything or to take herbs or herbal remedies, but I had to try something - they just wanted me to do dialysis!
This program allowed me to take control of my health. I went from Stage 4 to Stage 3 kidney disease.
It was easy to do and my BUN, creatinine and anemia are all in better ranges.
Reversing Your Kidney Disease?
2016-05-14 20:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont be greedy, if one kidney is not enuf 4 you to survive on have a few nice new spuds n carrots with it ...... that shud do it
2006-07-07 05:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My uncle has had one kidney since the 70's. He will out live me!
2006-07-02 08:51:39 · answer #10 · answered by Nneave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋