How long can you live with body fluid and kidney failure?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

You 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.

Answer 3

3-6 hours