contiue with dialysis or kidney transplantation... wh one is better option

[ahmed39]

hello everyone
my father is suffering with renel failure his Renal profile befoe dialysis is
serium creatinine= 702 u mol/L  (Reference Range 53-120 u mol/L)
serium uread = 32 u mol/L  (Reference Range 3.3-6.7 u mol/L)
now after 4 dialysis his renal profile is
serium creatinine= 504 u mol/L  (Reference Range 53-120 u mol/L)
serium uread = 19.5 u mol/L  (Reference Range 3.3-6.7 u mol/L)
i want to know that whether contiuing with dialysis is better option or we should transplant his kidney to fix things up permanently.
thanks for your consideration
ahmed bilal

[ahmed39]

thanks kendassa for ur reply
my father is 55 years old. he is very weak. his kidneys failure are due to diabetes (  
last 20 years).
due to his weak health we are reluctant to go for kidney transplant.

[Kendassa]

How old is your father? How is his health otherwise? What caused his kidneys to fail? I assume he is on hemodialysis?

I have had two kidney transplants. I didn't do very well on dialysis either time I was on it. I did both hemodialysis and then changed to peritoneal dialysis. I can honestly say, that a transplant was the better option for me, however it isn't necessarily a permanent fix. My first kidney suffered from multiple acute rejection episodes as well as chronic rejection until eventually I had to go back on dialysis.