Kidney Transplants do they really work?

Answer 1

nah they dont work, doctors just do them for the hell of it, to make the patient think theirs some hope.

Answer 2

The success of a transplant depends on many, many factors. But, if the patient has a good health condition (I mean, if the other organs are okay), normally the transplants work well.

I have an uncle who took a kidney transplant, and he's in a very good health condition now!

Answer 3

Yes, they do. I recieved a kidney transplant in April, 2001, and my transplanted kidney works well. If I had to do it over again, I'd still go through with the transplant instead of having to be stuck to a dialysis machine.

Answer 4

Absolutely! My mother received a kidney transplant in November of 2003, and has been doing wonderfully ever since!

Not everyone has such a great result, but the majority of recipients do.

My fiance received a liver transplant a little over a year ago and is doing great as well. :)

The down side is that they have to be on drugs that suppress the immune system for the rest of their lives, and so they get sick alot easier. :(

Answer 5

75-80% of the time, acute rejection occurs in 20-25% of the cases and there could be some side effects of the drugs need for rejection, but they are usually not delibilitating. In some rare cases rejection drugs cause immune disorders. The typical patient will live 10-15 years longer with a kidney transplant than if they stay on dialysis.

Answer 6

Duh, yes.
Let's see, years of dialysis (risky, painful and time consuming) versus having a working kidney doing all this without your thinking about it? Yeah, I'd take the transplant anyday.
P.S. the average life span on dialysis is only 5 years if you have to go 3 times a week or more.
The average lifespan of a kidney transplant is 10-15 years, before one needs another transplant. Many kidneys have gone longer than that.

Answer 7

YES they do....My father had kidney stones at a young age back when they actually had to dig them out. Left big scars on his sides. Now of course they use lasers to break them up and then you pass them in your urine which is also very painful. In the end he got a transplant from a 14 year old boy!! Strange thing too, he started growing blonde hair on his shoulders... The boy transplant had blonde hair but was compatible with my dad. True story and it actually lengthened my fathers life to where we could spend quite a few more years together.....:)

Answer 8

If the person receiving the transplant keeps themselves healthy, takes the required medications properly, and follows all the doctor's instructions, there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

The only time it doesn't is in someone who doesn't take care of themselves and doesn't take the medications. Those people don't deserve the transplant.

Answer 9

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?

Answer 10

Yes, I have a close friend who's husband had one done 2 years ago and he's doing fine now. He does have follow up visits with his doctor to monitor his health, but everything is going well for the last 2 years.

Answer 11

mom had one 51/2 years ago an has lived more life than see did her first 65 years . kidney started working as so as it was hooked up ...