For a person with renal fail
2006-09-03 04:31:36 · 5 answers · asked by jumphorse 2 in Health ➔ Men's Health
I dont know the answer to that but..
Dont listen to that life expectancy crap. Every doctor, every critic will say different. Lance armstrong was supposed to die. So was my father. There both still alive. If one doctor says you don't have much time left, look for another doctor that says different. Someone out there will, and this has saved SO MANY lives. Hope this helps
2006-09-03 04:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-14 18:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no simple or definite answer to your question. Life expectancy is related to many factors such as age, race, family history, nutritional status, and other conditions (such as diabetes, heart problems, etc). Patients can live long and live well with chronic kidney disease. They can choose a type of treatment that allows them to keep doing all or most of the things they value. Dialysis patients, who follow the prescribed schedule of dialysis treatments, maintain diet and medication regime per the doctor’s prescription experience a better quality of life. There are better drugs, and better technically advanced dialysis machines delivering treatments. It is not possible to say what is to be expected, nor to predict the time frame, without having a thorough knowledge of the patients’ state of health. Life expectancy and other concerns should be discussed with the patient’s nephrologist who would be more familiar with the patient’s history. Thank you for asking. Visit the following web sites: www.tarcweb.org, www.kidneyschool.org, www.kidneypatients.org.
2006-09-03 04:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by crissyll22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have taken care of a lot of pts on dialysis and some of them do very well and some of them really get sick very fast and die.
It all depends on why their kidneys failed in the 1st place and are they on the transplant list.
About 4 years ago, I had a 30 yr old pt on dialysis and she opted to stop doing dialysis because she was very sick. It took about 10 days to end her life, but the doctor understood and told her he would make her comfortable until it was over and we did.
She left 2 kids behind.
2006-09-03 04:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no real way to answer that. I was on dialysis for three years & then had a transplant. After four years, everything is doing well. I know people that have been on dialysis for 10-15yrs & people that have had transplants for over10yrs.
2006-09-03 09:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by preacher55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋