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A person without kidneys that is not on dialysis may only live from a few days to several weeks before dying.
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What happens if we don't have the excretory system?
Our bodies will accumulate toxins and we would die. Think about kidney failure and how long someone could live without dialysis.
How long can you live once kidneys stop?
Thanks to dialysis people live for many years with kidney failure
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.
What is the Differences between a kidney and a dialysis?
The main difference there would be that a kidney is an organ that helps the body maintain a proper balance of minerals, metabolites and other bodily fluids. Dialysis/a dialysis machine is a procedure/machine that can perform some of the basic functions of the kidneys for people experiencing either temporary or long term renal (kidney) failure. wikipedia has some accurate and in depth pages on both the kidney, and dialysis if you want to know more.
How efficient is a kidney dialysis machine in comparison to a healthy kidney?
Depends which machine, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis machine. Both are efficient and u can live long, but definitely not as much as you could with a healthy kidney. Dialysis machines purify you're blood but they don't purify it always well enough and they purify blood elements that they should not purify also. So its best to be healthy :)
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 you live with 3rd stage of kidney failure?
Third-stage kidney failure is generally not fatal. Over time, it tends to deteriorate. Diabetes, high blood pressure, alcohol, and poor diet can rapidly destroy already weak kidneys. To the maximum possible extent, these factors have to be managed. Eventually, if damage continues, dialysis will be required and can be continued for many years.
Why do people who have lost their kidney function due to disease or an accident apply to receive a transplant?
Because kidney dialysis, although effective, is not a long term solution due to the huge amount of time it requires. Dialysis is just not convenient - for a patient with very little kidney function, dialysis it takes up a vast amount of time each week, is not possible to do on holidays, and women cannot have children whist on dialysis. Whereas a kidney transplant is far more portable than a dialysis machine, does allow the possibility of children, and does not require a vast amount of maintenance per week. Although it does require daily medication and periodic check-ups, for most people it is still the "easier" long-term solution, compared to dialysis.
Why is dialysis such an important treatment for kidney failure?
The kidney's clean your blood. They are responsible for removing urea from the blood (changing it to urine), adjusting ion levels in your blood and adjusting the water content of your blood. They need to do this because urea is poisonous and the levels of the other substances I mentioned need to be controlled... without them you die, and if they are not working properly you pee blood, neither of which are good things ;)
How long can a person live with stage 4 kidney failure with treatment?
maximum 4 weeks,.
Dialysis how long can you live on dialysis?
5 years i think
How long is a twenty yr old girl with lupus and complete kidney failure expected to live?
She can be on dailysis for years. With aggressive treatment like some of the chemotherapies, here kidneys could recover. Alternatively, dialysis can keep her going until she gets a transplant if her kidneys do not recover. There is hope.
