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.
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.
Liam has both kidneys and one of them didn't work since he was born. They just never took it out
It is the kidneys' job to remove poisons and other undesirable chemicals from the bloodstream. If they do not do their job, we rapidly sicken and die. A person can succumb from total kidney failure in just a few hours. Dialysis is a treatment that filters the blood for people whose kidneys are not capable of providing that service. Some causes of kidney failure are injury due to blows in the lower back, infection, severe bodily damage, such as burns or liver failure that release great quantities of toxins into the bloodstream, high blood pressure, and diabetes. If both kidneys are unable to function, the only recourse is dialysis or a kidney transplant. Dialysis is sometimes used on a short-term basis to treat other conditions involving toxins in the blood, but kidney failure is the most common reason for use.
I think you mean Dialysis. Dialysis filters blood in your kidney for you when you go under kidney work or your kidneys doesn't function like its suppose to. You usually can live off of one kidney, but if your last kidney goes out(Kidney Failure) then they can you up to a dialysis machine and filter your kidneys for you. Hope this helps =]
As the fluid in the body can no longer pass out by urinating , it collects, and causes the kidney to fail.
it doesn't always have to be permanent because people on dialysis machines can get kidney transplants, not just people on the dialysis get kidney transplants but people who are on the waiting list can also get a kidney transplant.
You can get Kidney Disease at any age. I was diagnosed at age 9 with Kidney Disease but had it earlier than that just undiagnosed. Usually it does not get diagnosed until stage 3 of Kidney Disease because that is when post people start to show symptoms. Chronic Kidney Disease means you will end up on either a dialysis machine or need a kidney transplant where as Acute Kidney Disease they might be able to save your kidneys. More can be found out at your local Kidney Foundation depending on what country you are in.
Kidney failure just like heart failure can cause difficulty with bowel movements especially when osmotic agents are taken without caution causing dehydration and mineral imbalance.
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There are 2 of them. On top of each kidney.
kidneys are inferior and posterior to the liver
In terms of function, nothing. The adult kidney is just much larger.