“Can you live a normal life with kidney transplant?”
My friend is 34 years old and he will have kidney transplant surgery next month. Can you live a normal life with kidney transplant?
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TransplantSurgeonKidneyTransplant
Initially, your friend needs frequent checkups to make sure the kidney is working well and the body is not rejecting the kidney. Your friend needs to take the medications (immune suppressant) the rest of his life. Dietitian can help with dietary advice to keep the kidney healthy. Once recovered from Tx surgery, exercise and physical activity should be a regular part of life. Your friend can have a healthy, active lifestyle after transplant.
This is the best way to treat kidney disease, as the life can be extremely normal, though taking medications.
Yes, he will lead a normal, healthier life with a kidney transplant.
Namrata Sharma Goel, M.D.
Namrata Sharma Goel, M.D.
Yes, if you receive a relative kidney having a good match for your immunity, you kidney will be functioning an average of 20 years or more depending and following recommendations from your transplant team; meanwhile, receiving a cadaver kidney, that kidney will be functioning 10 to 15 years average.
Absolutely! Kidney transplant is unique experience and once you recover you have more choices of food, less dietary restrictions, more opportunities to go back to work force, it is treatment of choice for End stage Renal failure as compared to artificial modalities and quality of life improves significantly.
Yes, even though your friend will have immunosuppressive medications to take and have to see the Dr. occasionally, your friend will live a relatively normal life and much more normal than being on dialysis.
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