KIDNEYS TRANSPLANT

RECOVERY AND CARE AFTER KIDNEYS TRANSPLANT

2012-05-05T16:32:00.000+05:00

RECOVERY AND CARE AFTER KIDNEYS TRANSPLANT

After kidney transplant surgery patient have to stay 7 days in hospital normally, depends on patient's condition. In first 6-8 days patient feel discomfort in stitches. Kidneys transplant patient can also feel "Paresthesia" (is a sensation of tingling, burning, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect. It is more generally known as the feeling of "pins and needles" or of a limb "falling asleep") in the area of cut in early days of kidneys transplant. Patient can also feel wheezing because of weakness.

Aftercare:

A regimen of immune o suppressive, or anti-rejection, medication is prescribed to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting the new kidney. Common immune o suppressants include cyclosporine, prednisone, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, sirolimus, baxsiliximab, daclizumab, and azathioprine. The kidney recipient will be required to take a course of immune o suppressant drugs for the lifespan of the new kidney. Intravenous antibodies may also be administered after kidney transplant surgery and during rejection episodes.

Because the patient's immune system is suppressed, he or she is at an increased risk for infection. The incision area should be kept clean, and the transplant recipient should avoid contact with people who have colds, viruses, or similar illnesses. If the patient has pets, he or she should not handle animal waste. The transplant team will provide detailed instructions on what should be avoided post-transplant. After recovery, the patient will still have to be vigilant about exposure to viruses and other environmental dangers.

Transplant recipients may need to adjust their dietary habits. Certain immune o suppressive medications cause increased appetite or sodium and protein retention, and the patient may have to adjust his or her intake of calories, salt, and protein to compensate.

Risks:

A transplanted kidney may be rejected by the patient. Rejection occurs when the patient's immune system recognizes the new kidney as a foreign body and attacks the kidney. It may occur soon after transplantation, or several months or years after the procedure has taken place. Rejection episodes are not uncommon in the first weeks after transplantation surgery, and are treated with high-dose injections of immune o suppressant drugs. If a rejection episode cannot be reversed and kidney failure continues, the patient will typically go back on dialysis. Another transplant procedure can be attempted at a later date if another kidney becomes available.

The biggest risk to the recovering transplant recipient is not from the operation or the kidney itself, but from the immune o suppressive medication he or she must take. Because these drugs suppress the immune system, the patient is susceptible to infections such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and varicella (chickenpox). Other medications that fight viral and bacterial infections can offset this risk to a degree. The immune o suppressants can also cause a host of possible side effects, from high blood pressure to osteoporosis. Prescription and dosage adjustments can lessen side effects for some patients.

Normal results:

The new kidney may start functioning immediately, or may take several weeks to begin producing urine. Living donor kidneys are more likely to begin functioning earlier than cadaver kidneys, which frequently suffer some reversible damage during the kidney transplant and storage procedure. Patients may have to undergo dialysis for several weeks while their new kidney establishes an acceptable level of functioning.

Studies have shown that after they recover from surgery, kidney donors typically have no long-term complications from the loss of one kidney, and their remaining kidney will increase its functioning to compensate for the loss of the other.

KIDNEYS TRANSPLANT WITHOUT BLOOD RELATED DONOR

2011-11-17T04:29:00.004+05:00

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KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

2011-10-11T03:19:00.004+05:00

Kidney transplant is a replacement of non functioning Kidneys with a healthy Kidney. There are two types of donors, living donor and cadaveric donor (a person who dies accidentaly or it is also called brain death). The surgeon who operate the Kidney transplant places a healthy Kidney in your abdomen and joint artery to Kidney for the supply of blood and then joint the Kidney to veins that carries out filtered blood to the body for circulation. The Kidney is also joint from ureter, which carries waste products and excessive water to the bladder in the form of urine. Your own Kidneys will left in place as it is until causing any problem like infections. Usually Kidney transplant is not a complicated or difficult surgery but the period after the surgery is the most critical one. The patient will be under examination for about 6 months to make sure for the transplanted Kidney functions are proper or not.

HEMODIALYSIS

2011-10-07T02:47:00.000+05:00

Hemodialysis is a procedure that is substitute for removing waste products such as urea, creatinine, potassium, phosphorus etc. as well as for removing excess water from blood. It is used to artificial replacement for kidneys just like artificial pump for Heart. 1 session of dialysis will take 4 hours to complete. 3 dialysis a week suggested by doctors because Kidneys filter minerals and wastes constantly for 168 hours in a week. Many hospitals seperate room for dialysis or dialysis units where 24 hours dialysis facilities provided with trained technical staff. Dialysis procedure is very painful but it is necessary for life Kidney failure patients but this is not a permanent solution.Kidney transplant is the best solution for this problem patient can live a normal life.

HOW TO DIAGNOSE KIDNEY FAILURE

2011-10-06T04:07:00.000+05:00

HOW TO DIAGNOSE KIDNEY FAILURE

Kidneys function can be tested through routine blood tests.

Creatinine. (Normal range is 0.8-1.3)
Urea. (Normal range is below 50)
Complete Blood Count.
Electrolytes.
Urine Detailed Report. (to measure the amount of protein)
Abdominal Ultrasound. (to check the size of both kidneys)

HOW TO PREVENT FROM KIDNEY DAMAGE:

Chronic disease such as Hypertension(high blood pressure) and Diabetesare destructive. These disease can damage Kidneys, Liver, Heart, Eye sight, or even Brain. So care for life from hypertension and diabetes is necessary for all of us.

SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY FAILURE

2011-10-06T03:22:00.000+05:00

In the beginning, no symptoms will appear. As kidney function decreases, the symptoms will begin to appear, because of imbalance of electrolytes, stay of waste material in the body, excessive water remains in the body, stop of the production of red blood cells in the body. The symptoms are:

Weakness due to low red blood cells count.
Laziness
Problem in taking breath
Increased in acidity of the body
Inability to excrete potassium and the excess of potassium level in the body may cause heart failure.
rising of urea levels in the blood can affect the function of brain(alteration thinking of patient)
Loss of appetite, because of excessive water and waste products remains in blood.
Blood pressure may rise because of the excess fluid.(excess fluid can be deposited in lungs and that causes Heart Failure.

CAUSES OF KIDNEY FAILURE

2011-09-30T18:19:00.000+05:00

There are various reasons of kidneys failure that effects kidneys. Some problems are acute and some are chronic.

REASONS OF ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE:

In acute kidney failure, kidney function lost rapidly and can work again. It usually happens from injuries.The most common causes of acute kidney failure are related to:

Low blood volume due to blood lost.
Poor intake of fluid.
Bad quality of water.
Dehydration from loss of fluid in body through vomiting,diarrhea,fever,urine infection,excessive sweating etc.
Abnormal blood flow.
Medication some medications can harm kidneys like anti-biotics.
Urinary tract infections.
Multiple myeloma.
Stone in kidneys.

REASONS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE:

Chronic kidney failure develops gradually in the body and it can never be reverse.The most common causes of chronic kidney failure are related to:

Diabetes
Hypertension or High blood pressure
Kidney stones
Prostate disease
polysistic kidney disease

WHAT IS KIDNEY?

2011-09-30T02:25:00.000+05:00

Kidney is the most precious organ of our body.ALLAH gives us two Kidneys to filter blood and helps us to separate wastes such as urea,amonium,creatinine and excess of water from our body in the form of urine.The kidneys receives impure blood from renal artries and sends wastes to ureter and pure blood to the body through renal veins.Each Kidney contains 1 million nephrons to filter waste.Kidneys are located in the back of abdomin and each Kidney connected through spinal cord.Kidney also maintains the balance of electrolytes,controls the blood pressure and stimulates the production of red blood cells in our body.

BEST HOSPITALS OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN PAKISTAN

2011-09-29T03:30:00.001+05:00

Best Kidneys Transplant Hospitals in Pakistan are:

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Dr. Adeeb Rizvi

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Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI):
Kidney Centre: (Rawalpindi)
Kidney Centre: (Karachi)

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