kidney transplant
Kidneys are important organs that do several functions. They clean our blood from toxins by turning them into the urine. Without the help of kidneys, the body gets poisoned and we would not survive for a long time. Moreover, they regulate blood pressure and help produce red blood cells. If a patient has a malfunctioned …
Do Kidney Transplant Patients Need Special Cares?
After struggling with kidney failure, probably undergoing dialysis sessions and waiting for a donor’s kidney for a long time, you finally get to have a kidney transplant. After returning home, the kidney transplant patients want to go back to a routine life just like the other ordinary people. However, they still need to have their …
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Kidney Transplant Recovery Time for Recipient
The kidney is one of the vital organs of the body which we cannot last without their presence. They filter our blood by removing toxins and waste materials and turn them into urine. They balance the body’s fluid, regulate blood pressure, produce active form of vitamin D, and also control red blood cells production. When …
Pregnancy after Kidney Transplantation
After receiving a kidney transplant, a successful pregnancy is common for both female and male recipients. But because of taking certain medications like anti-rejection drugs, this attempt can have some risks. Therefore, there is a serious need to have a medical counseling in order to review all the possible conflicts and risks for both parents …
Reasons for Kidney Transplant Rejection
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is a precious procedure that can improve the recipient’s health life noticeably. However, some of the transplants are not successful. Sometimes the body does not accept the new organ and consequently rejects it. Therefore, before undergoing kidney transplant surgery, you should consider the risks and the possibility of organ rejection …
What is the Kidney Transplant Patients’ Diet after the Surgery?
After each surgery, having a good nutrition is an important key for a successful recovery because after any surgery you need to consume enough protein and calory for your wounds so that they be healed more quickly. There is also a need for having a good nutrition in organ transplant patients because side effects of …
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Kidney Transplant Patients and Covid-19
Corona Virus Disease 2019 which is often referred to as COVID-19, has extremely affected the world and become a pandemic disease since its outbreak. The organ transplant patients have also been under the influence of this disease. These patients often take immunosuppressive medicines, so they are in higher risk of virus infections. In order to …
Does obesity affect the success rate of kidney transplant?
Several questions may arise in one’s mind about this topic. What is obesity? How much overweight is included in obesity? What is the association between obesity and kidney diseases? And finally how does obesity affects the success rate of kidney transplant? At first we should know what is called obesity and in which condition kidney …
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Kidney cancer and major risk factors
Cancer means abnormal development of cells uncontrollably. Abnormal cell proliferation leads to cancer. Cancer cells do not follow the normal mechanism of cell growth.Normally, cancer cells exist in human body, but they either die on their own or body's immune system destroys them. Uncontrolled proliferation of cells in any part of the body means cancer. …
Kidney transplantation procedure step by step in Iran
Kidney transplantation procedure step by step in Iran Kidney transplantation is one of the main treatment options for kidney failure (link to the article "What are the 10 signs of kidney failure?"), in which a healthy kidney is received from a donor and placed in the kidney patient's body. This procedure may have its advantages …
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