Kidney Transplants - Advantages and disadvantages table in GCSE Biology

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Created by: ellaj03
Created on: 01-02-17 12:27

Kidney Transplants

Advantages

Person can lead a normal life with a healthy functioning Kidney
Don't have to spend hours doing dialysis
A cheap procedure
No longer have to monitor their glucose, ion and water levels as closely.

Disadvantages

Patient has to undergo surgery
A long waiting list
Kidney can get attacked by antigens and antibodies from your immune system
Patient has to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their life
Immunosuppressive drugs weaken the immune system making the person more vulnerable to infections

Evaluation

Kidney transplants come with a lot of health risks however a healthy kidney can complete transport a persons lifestyle so I think a Kidney transplant is the ideal treatment.

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