There is no way to know if you have one kidney. One kidney can easily do the job of two. Any urinary problems should be checked by a doctor to determine the cause.
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Cats can live with only 25% of their kidney function left. Unfortunately, kidney disease is very common in the domesticated feline.
an a person live normally with only one kidney
One fully functioning kidney has the ability to clear all wastes from the body (that two kidneys would have), since healthy humans use only about 20-25% of their kidney capacity).Nothing, you will still function 100% fine. However, im not sure if it is still the same now, but you cant join the defence force with only 1 kidney.
Yes. Many people donate a kidney to friends or family members that have kidney failure. The donor then has one kidney and probably the recipient has one functioning kidney.
Yes. One kidney is enough to sustain the life.
can a person live normally with only one kidney and why
Only your doctor could determine if you need to have a kidney removed.
no
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.
Kidney's don't fully cease functioning when they fail, but neither are they effective at doing their purpose in the body (cleaning wastes out of the blood stream). Complete kidney failure occurs when both kidneys are incapable of functioning.
He used to only have 1 kidney that worked but hes had an ultrasound and they are both working now.