Dialysis and Kidney Transplant

Question 1

What is kidney failure?

Answer 1

Kidney failure occurs when the kidneys do not function properly or sufficiently. This results in the accumulation of waste products and toxic materials.

Question 2

What is dialysis?

Answer 2

Dialysis is one method of removing excess water, salutes, and toxins from the blood of people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally.

Question 3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of dialysis?

Answer 3

Advantages -
1. No fear of tissue rejection
2. Less Restriction of Diet

Disadvantages -
1.

Question 4

How does a dialysis machine work?

Answer 4

1. Blood is removed from an arm vein and moved through dialysis tubing using a pump.
2. The machine uses a semi permeable membrane and a special fluid, dialysate, to filter human blood.
3. The machine’s fluid contains equal glucose concentration to human blood, hence glucose doesn’t diffuse into the fluid via the membrane.
4. Large proteins and red blood cells don’t diffuse by the membrane, but urea or uric acid and excess mineral salts do.
5. Red blood cells, protein, and glucose remain in the clean blood.
6. Clean blood is passed through a bubble trap to remove air bubbles before returning to the patient’s vein.

Question 5

What is a kidney transplant?

Answer 5

A kidney transplant or a renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end stage kidney disease. It is typically classified as a deceased daughter or living daughter transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ. There has to be a closed issue match, otherwise the body will reject the kidney and destroy it.

Question 6

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a kidney transplant?

Answer 6

Advantages -
1. It is a permanent solution to kidney damage
2. less frequent visits to the hospital.

Disadvantages -
1. Fear of tissue rejection of the new kidney
2. Dependence of the immunosuppressant drugs
3. Restriction of diet