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Kidney Failure & Treatment
- Kidney disease
- Causes
- Infection
- Diabetes
- Long-term high blood pressure
- Infection
- Little damage causes little problems
- Causes
- Kidney Failure
- Occurs when kidney function is less
than 30% of their normal function
- The body can be affected badly by
lack of kidney function
- Toxins are dangerous & can cause
- Coma
- Heart attack
- Death
- Coma
- Occurs when kidney function is less
than 30% of their normal function
- Dialysis Treatment
- Normally carried out 3 x a week for 4 hrs
- Done in hospital with medical supervision
- Process
- 1) Needles are inserted
into veins & Arteries
- 2) Blood flows through
a tube to the filter
- Filter is called a Dialyser
- Filter is called a Dialyser
- 3) Filtered blood is
returned to the patient
- 1) Needles are inserted
into veins & Arteries
- Normally carried out 3 x a week for 4 hrs
- Kidney Transplant
- The diseased kidney can also be
replaced by a healthy donor kidney
- The Kidney could be rejected by the
immune system
- Antigens on the surface
of cells tell your WBC's
your cells are self cells
- antibodies are released to attack &
destroy foreign & unrecognised cells
- antibodies are released to attack &
destroy foreign & unrecognised cells
- Blood & tissue type checks must be
carried out before a donation
- Antigens on the surface
of cells tell your WBC's
your cells are self cells
- Problems
- Transplant patients have to take
immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their
lives
- A transplant last only
8 yrs on average
- Transplant patients have to take
immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their
lives
- The diseased kidney can also be
replaced by a healthy donor kidney
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