What will happen when kidneys stop functioning?

Answer 1

Total and permanent kidney failure is called ESRD. If a person's kidneys completely stop working your body fills with extra water and waste . It's called uremia. Hands or feet might swell and you will feel tired and weak because the body needs clean blood to function properly.

Untreated uremia may lead to seizures or coma and will ultimately result in death. A person whose kidneys stop working completely will need to undergo dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Answer 2

If the kidney's fail, then the kidneys no longer filter impurities out of the blood. This is extremely painful and requires dialysis; artificial filtration of the blood. If dialysis is not administered renal failure results in death.

Answer 3

If you kidney stops working, then you can rely on your other kidney. If you don't have another kidney, you would need a dialysis machine.

Answer 4

If only 1 kidney doesn't work you can live but if both don't work your pee cant get out of your body and you die.

Answer 5

the watse goes into your blood and then you will have a hard time to clean your blood out

Answer 6

You die

Answer 7

you die.