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How long it takes to die from kidney failure varies from person to person. There are several factors which make a difference in how the condition progresses. Some of those factors are age, general health, and whether or not the person receives dialysis.
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∙ 9y agoYou can make up for a lack of working kidneys with dialasis but it is slow, unpleasant and you won't be as healthy. The kidneys produce urine. (Yes, you need to kidney dialysis machine to live.) They remove chemicals that don't belong in the bloodstream, like toxins, drugs and "leftovers" from food and such used by the cells. When you digest food it goes down to very small forms that enter the bloodstream as either sugar or amino acids. You cells use the sugar for energy which produces ammonia, which is toxic (yes that stuff in Windex.) This is broken down into uric acid or even further down to urea. These are still toxic but much less so. This enters the blood where it is picked up by the kidneys. They use the water in your body to pull toxins into the nephrons (the small "chambers" of the kidneys) through osmosis. Very technical :) Anyway, what you end up with is water mixed with waste, also known as urine (urea -> urine, see the connection?) If the kidneys stop working these toxic chemicals just stay in the blood which gets increasingly more toxic. To make matters worse, urea and uric acid won't stay that way forever, eventually they turn back into the highly toxic ammonia. If left that way you will die pretty fast. It would be like injecting floor cleaner. Also, any water you drink won't leave the body which dilutes the blood. You would still feel thirsty, however. This retained fluid can build up in your extremities leading to swollen, puffy arms and legs. You would also feel tired, sick, dizzy, confused, light-headed and possibly go into a coma. The membranes of the heart can swell also causing chest pain. Kidney disease and failure is an avoidable cause of death for people all over the world. You won't need them when you go and you can't take them with you. So totally about a couple days.
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What can you do if your kidney fails?
People who have kidney failure, which is when 90% or more of the kidneys do not work, must be on dialysis. When kidneys fail the body cant cleanse the body of waste. The persons blood will become toxic and the person will die without dialysis or a kidney transplant. That's just with kidney failure. Of course you can live with only one kidney. Say you only had one kidney, that one kidney would have to be over 50% damaged before a person would possibly need to be on dialysis. To simply answer your question, you could have no problems with a damaged kidney, but failed kidneys will cause death.
Is kidney failure and kidney insufficiency mean the same thing?
Kidney failure is an acute stage, and can often be a secondary complication to another condition or situation, such as from a reaction to medication or from dehydration. Chronic kidney disease is a chronic illness. Acute kidney failure has a good chance of being 100% reversible if caught early. Chronic kidney disease is manageable with dialysis, but is not reversible.
How long can you live with one kidney and have got chronic kidney failure in it?
No one can say for sure how long a person will live with a certain condition, and a doctor is the best person to ask.
How long can a person live with stage 4 kidney failure with treatment?
maximum 4 weeks,.
What parts of the body are not necessary for you to live?
second kidney
What is the medical term meaning liver failure?
Renal failure (although I'm pretty sure kidney failure would suffice). To be honest, as a medical term Kidney Failure is "medical" enough. If you want to be a bit more medical then you would want to say Renal Failure. And then depending on whether it's acute or chronic then you would want to say Acute Renal Failure or Chronic Renal Failure. End stage renal disease (ESRD) is another term. And just in case you're interested, it used to called Renal Insufficiency but that term is not really used anymore.
Can aids live in fluid outside the body?
no
If you have chronic kidney failure can you recover?
This is a long term condition which people can live with for a number of years. The only way you could 'recover' - i.e. be free of this disease, is to have a kidney transplant which may fail and requires taking 'anti-rejection' drugs for the rest of your life. The short answer is yes but only if you're lucky enough to get a transplant!
What medical options are there if both kidneys are failing?
There are only 2: 1) Dialysis - either hemodialysis or pertitoneal. 2) Kidney Transplant
How long can you live with kidney failure and no dialysis?
A person without kidneys that is not on dialysis may only live from a few days to several weeks before dying.
Does people live with only one kidney?
Yes it is harder on The body but it is easily possible.
What does a diagnosis of complete kidney failure mean?
Complete kidney failure means that your kidneys are no longer doing their jobs filtering your blood for byproducts/waste/toxins. You can tell that these patient hardly urinate if any at all. As the result, a person will not live more than 3-4 days before he/she will become very ill and die. The only treatment is kidney transplant. However, a person can survive with dialysis for years. This is an artificial machine that physically filter your blood and put it back into your body. This is done about 3 times a week. This is how a patient on a kidney transplant waiting list survive until they get their transplant. Without this machine, I doubt that any patients with kidneys failure live long enough to find the right match for surgery.
