my dad's been dignosed with kidney failure. what does it mean for him...is it very bad???
2007-02-27 01:17:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Acute kidney failure is the sudden loss of your kidneys' ability to perform their main function — eliminate excess fluid and waste material from your blood. When your kidneys lose their filtering ability, dangerous levels of fluid and waste accumulate in your body.
Acute kidney failure is most common in people who are already hospitalized, particularly people who need intensive care. Acute kidney failure tends to occur after complicated surgery, after a severe injury or when blood flow to your kidneys is disrupted.
Loss of kidney function may also develop gradually over time, with few signs or symptoms in the early stages. In this case, it's referred to as chronic kidney failure. High blood pressure and diabetes are the most common causes of chronic kidney failure.
Acute kidney failure can be serious and generally requires intensive treatment. Unlike the chronic form, however, acute kidney failure is reversible and if you're otherwise in good health you should recover normal kidney function within a few weeks. If acute kidney failure occurs in the context of severe chronic illness — a heart attack, stroke, overwhelming infection or multiorgan failure — the outcome is often worse
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kidney-failure/DS00280
2007-02-27 01:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-18 07:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by Maurice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-19 19:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Willene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney failure=kidney's are not functioning normally. One sign of failed kidneys is lack of making urine for at least 6 to 8 hours even though the person has been drinking fluids and water. Or the kidney's may be making urine, but less urine than normal.
It means your father may have to undergo some dialysis treatments to help eliminate waste products from the body that would otherwise have been eliminated by his kidneys.
2007-02-27 01:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Muga Wa Kabbz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney failure is the inability of the kidney to filter the toxins from the blood, acute kidney failure lasts only a short time before the kidney restarts working, chronic kidney failure usually means the person needs dialysis and or a transplant but depends on the cause.
2007-02-27 02:00:28 · answer #5 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney failure is a dangerous condition whereby the kidneys partially or totally stop functioning i.e. producing urine and thereby eliminating toxins from the blood. Causes may be deshydratation, infection, trauma, tumors, diabetes,etc. The patient literally will be poisoned in his own toxins and at some point the condition becomes irreversible and the patient will die from one or the other systemic failure : hart lungs etc.
Therapy consist in diuretics and lots of liquids, in further advanced cases kidney dialysis, (blood cleaning by machine on a weekly basis) and eventually kidney transplant. It is a serious situation but it can be stabilized. Best of luck.
2007-02-27 01:33:55 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. House 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney failure or Renal failure means that one or both of the kidneys isn't functioning as normal. I've been diagnosed with that. Having had tests, my doctor told me that one of my kidneys is only managing to do about 60% of its job. Doesn't bother me much though. I just watch my diet and take my medicine and Hope for the Best!
2007-02-27 01:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by Fragile Rock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As we have two kidneys, it may be that there is one still functioning. However, if both have failed he will have to go on dialysis and/or wait for a donor kidney to become available. I am surprised that his Doctor or the hospital have not made this clear already.
2007-02-27 01:22:33 · answer #8 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that his kidneys are not doing (and will never be able to do anymore) what it's supposed to do which is to filter the wastes from his body in the form of urine. If left untreated, anyone could be poisoned by his own wastes. He needs to have a dialysis which will do the function of the kidneys for him. He needs to seek active medical attention.
2007-02-27 01:33:50 · answer #9 · answered by Jane C 2 · 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 18:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋