Kidney Transplant

Have you ever heard about a surgical process called kidney transplantation? This is when a healthy kidney from a person who has died or a living one is replaced in someone whose kidney has stop functioning well. Kidneys are the main organs responsible for removing waste, fluids and minerals from blood which are excreted as urea. When the kidney fails the harmful waste products and excess fluids builds up in the body, this may result to serious health problems.

Comparing to people on dialysis who are at end stage kidney disease, it is believed that those with kidney transplants generally have better quality of life and longer lifespan. In such a way they lead more active lives as if they did not experience any health problem. In most cases, this type of surgery requires locating this new organ within the patient’s lower abdomen where it connects itself with different blood vessels or urinary bladder.

Despite vast number of benefits associated with kidney transplantation, potential risk factors including rejection of transplanted organ or lifetime use of anti-rejection drugs must be kept in mind before making any decision. Therefore, patients should take time to talk about all advantages and disadvantages associated with the procedure with their health providers before they even consider it as an option. A person who has had successful transplant surgery can live happier and healthier life again after an ordeal period during which he or she thought he would never make it back again.