Kidney failure and treatments
Causes and treatments of kidney failure with strengths and weaknesses of each
- Created by: Fay
- Created on: 07-01-13 16:55
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- Kidney Failure
- Causes
- High blood pressure
- Capillaries are already under high pressure
- Higher pressure can damage them and allow proteins etc. through and into the urine
- Capillaries are already under high pressure
- Infection
- Inflammation can damage cells and interfere with filtration and reabsorption
- High blood pressure
- Treatments
- Transplants
- Implanting a healthy kidney into a patient to replace a failed one
- Must be donated by someone of the same blood or tissue type
- Could be a family member willing to survive on one kidney, or an organ donor
- Must be donated by someone of the same blood or tissue type
- Weaknesses
- Major operation - high risks
- Some patients may not be willing to risk
- The new organ could be rejected by the immune system
- Patient must take drugs to suppress it
- Must be donated by someone of the same blood or tissue type
- Could be a family member willing to survive on one kidney, or an organ donor
- Major operation - high risks
- Strengths
- More convenient for the patient than having to attend regular dialysis sessions
- Cheaper than ongoing dialysis for a long period of time
- Implanting a healthy kidney into a patient to replace a failed one
- Transplants
- Causes
- Waste and excess water is passed into the dialysis fluid
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