◆ What should you do before and after kidney transplant? Kidney Transplant for Patients with Renal Failure
If you want to accept kidney transplant, you should make sure at first that you do not have significant heart, lung, liver disease or other diseases such as cancer, which might decrease your life span.
Secondly, you have to wait for a donated kidney which is suitable for your body, and during that time, you need to keep taking dialysis to control your disease.
However, there are some risks and drawbacks after accepting the transplantation.
1. To reduce the rejection of the new kidney, you have to take medicines called immunosuppressants, including cyclosporine or tacrolimus. Keep in mind that you must take medicines under the direction of your doctors, because any nonprescription medicines, such as cold remedies may cause problems with your anti-rejection medicines.
2. You should protect yourself from any kinds of infections and stay far away from crowd of people as your immune Immunotherapy is no longer as well as before, and there is more risk for you to be infected than others.
3. With the assurance of modern technology, patients can live about five to ten years with the new kidney after the operation.
◆ Is there any other way to treat end stage Chronic Kidney Disease? Is There a Medicine for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) ?
To accept kidney transplant is a comprehensive project and you should be discreet before making the decision. Try to find some other ways to control the disease and learn more knowledge about kidney disease.
In fact, apart from transplantation, there are some other measures can be taken to control CKD and CRF with a satisfying result, for instance, Chinese medicine and Immunotherapyation. Both of them can help you live a normal life with the illness through treating your disease fundamentally and rebuilding your immune Immunotherapy.
