kidney transplant

[pooja_14]

my mom is of 56 yr old and she is suffering from kidney problem.her kidneys are damaged to the 70 percent.plz tell me now it the stage of transplant or she wil recover through medicine.

[pooja_14]

thank you so much....we are giving her treatment.but m very afraid i want her to be perfactly all right...n i have heard that dialysis is a very painful process soooo............doctors said that she can recover through medicine also

[Marina_busybee]

If the  damage happened  overnight (accute kidney failure)  it  might  be  reversable.  If  it  happened   slowly   (chronic kidney  failure),  unfortunately it's  not  reversible.

At  30%  function your  mom  can  still  live  well.   There  are  many  guidelines  to  follow.  She  should  start  seeing  a  nephrologist  on  a regular  basis  to  discuss this  guidelines.                 I  would  also  recommend  she  start  learning  about  treatment  options.  It's easier  to  lean  about  the options now  so  when/if the  time  comes  she  knows  which  type of  dialysis  will  be  better  for  her (lifestyle).          Transplant  is  a  great  treatment  choice,  but  it  is  NOT    a  cure,  and  it  can  take  time  to  find  a  donor  (whether  living  or  deceased)                
For  a  Transplant  (in  the  US)    GFR  must  be  20%  to  get  on  a transplant  list.