Kidney Transplant in India

Overview

A kidney is a vital organ of the human body, responsible for filtering waste and toxic substances and eliminating them from the body. A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure used to replace a patient’s damaged or malfunctioning kidney with a healthy kidney from a deceased or living donor. People with kidney disease are usually treated with dialysis in order to survive. But for some people, kidney transplant is the only option if their kidneys have entirely failed. To replace two failing kidneys, just one healthy kidney is needed. This allows a living individual to give a kidney to a patient suffering from end-stage renal disease

Procedure Details

The kidney is a bean-shaped organ, about the size of a fist, located on each side of the upper abdomen. Humans have one pair of kidneys, their major function is to remove waste, toxic substances, and fluids from the body. They also maintain electrolyte balance in our body and produce hormones to regulate blood pressure. When the kidney loses its ability to function, fluids and toxic substances start accumulating in the body. This elevates blood pressure and causes further complications. If not treated, it will lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), when the kidney could not perform most of its function. Kidney failure can occur due to various reasons. Kidney transplant becomes an option for those people who lose more than 90% of their kidney functional capacity. 60% of people who have kidney transplant are due to chronic kidney diseases. Common reasons that leads to the requirement of kidney failure are:

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