Kidney failure, Causes, symptoms, treatment, prevention and risk factors
Kidney failure, Causes, symptoms, treatment, prevention and risk factors Kidney failure (renal failure) (RHN) is a common problem in adults. Some people with RHN can live a normal life expectancy with the right treatment. However, in others, the condition may progress so that the person has to receive dialysis or dialysis and transplantation. If dialysis and/or transplantation are not successful, people may die from a stroke, respiratory failure, blood infection, or other Kidney failure results when the kidneys do not function properly and can be caused by congenital disorders, diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney stones, or toxins. Kidney failure is often a painful death. Patients often have to live for months, even years, on dialysis. Getting a kidney transplant would make the patient's life more livable. But only about 20 percent of the 6,300 Americans who need a kidney transplant each year get one, said Dr. Emily Thomas, one of the study's authors and an assistant prof...