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Q: Should a kidney transplant patient take a probiotic?
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Can kidney transplant patients take amoxicillin?

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Can a kidney transplant patient take Cefalexin?

yes


How can a patient kidney disease and anemia be treated?

Diaysis or kidney transplant and epoetin alfa (Procrit, Epogen)


What if the kidney transplantation is not working?

You can possibly die because your body can not flush out all the waste and urine. Alternate answer: If a kidney transplant fails the patient does have other options but action should probably be taken as quickly as possible. The failure of a kidney transplant means that the patient will either have to have another transplant or they will have to go back on dialysis until something else can be done. People can live normally with only one kidney.


What kind of sleep aid can a kidney transplant patient take?

cookies and milk


Can hemodialysis to improve the kidney failure?

It does not improve the patients kidney function in any way, but it acts as a "substitute kidney", filtering out toxic waste products from the patient's blood until the patient receives a kidney transplant.


What should be discussed between patient and doctor prior to transplant surgery?

How many pancreas or pancreas-kidney transplants have both you and the hospital performed?What are your success rates?How about those of the hospital?Who will be on my transplant team?


What blood type is compatible with a lupus patient undergoing a kidney transplant?

Depends on what blood type the person receiving the transplant is. They have to be the same.


What is the life expectancy of a patient with stage 3 kidiney disease?

what is the life expectancy of a kidney transplant patient with a living donor


Can kidney transplant patients swim in salt water pools?

I answer this question as a kidney transplant patient myself. Swimming in salt water itself poses no risk to a kidney transplant patient. The phrase 'a salt water pool' may mean a swimming pool which uses salt to generate chlorine. This is not the same as swimming in salt water. A pool which uses salt to generate chlorine should not be dangerous, though it will be a somewhat weaker form of chlorine. If at all in doubt, ask your doctor.


What is Kidney transplantation?

Kidney transplantation involves surgically attaching a functioning kidney, or graft, from a brain dead organ donor (a cadaver transplant), or from a living donor, to a patient