Complications post a Kidney Transplant

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Complications post a Kidney Transplant
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Kidney and its Transplant

• Kidneys are a very important part of the human
  body and the healthier they are, the more
  improved lifestyle a person will have.
• Nephrons are the structural and functional units
  of the kidney and when they are damaged, the
  filtering abilities of kidneys is lost.
• This means high amounts of life-threatening waste
  products and chemicals will keep accumulating in
  the body.
• Although many such patients are put on a regular
  dialysis, some are suggested to have a kidney
  transplant.
• But like every other major surgery, this surgery
  also has some possible complications. But when
  compared to dialysis in some cases, kidney
  transplant treatment seems better.

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Complications after a Kidney Transplant
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Complications after a Kidney Transplant

• Considering that kidney transplant is a big
  surgery, it has its own complications.
• Although the doctors do their best to prepare the
  patient for the surgery, sometimes he or she
  might face some difficulties, even though their
  probability is very less with todays new and
  improved technology and techniques.

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Rejection

• Rejection is the most critical problem faced by
  some kidney transplant patients.
• This happens because the immune system of our
  body perceives the kidney as a foreign object and
  thus, instantly starts to react against it.
• The consequences can be massive damage to the new
  kidney.
• Rejection of the new kidney can be diagnosed by
  symptoms like fever, soreness and reduction in
  the amount of urine production.
• But, the rejection can easily be avoided by
  taking the reaction immune suppressing
  medications regularly, as prescribed by the
  doctor.

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Side Effects of Immunosuppressants

• The use of immune suppressing medications,
  although important, can lead to several problems
  as they diminish the ability of immune cells to
  function.
• This makes the patient vulnerable to infections
  and conditions like puffiness of face, increase
  in weight, high blood sugar blood pressure,
  bone disease, cataracts, stomach acidity, skin
  changes, acne, and facial hair.
• Long term immune suppressants can also cause
  certain cancers, or damage to liver or kidney.

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Possible early complications

• Abscesses within the abdominal walls
• Bleeding
• Abdominal hernias
• Infectious tracts or canals
• Formation of blood clots or arterial thrombosis

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Possible late complications

• Narrowing of the ureters and obstruction to flow
  of urine from kidney into the bladder
• Infection of the kidneys
• Herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus, fungal and
  bacterial infections
• Kidney stones from the donated kidney
• Lymph channel abnormalities called lymphoceles
• Cancers of skin or lymphomas
• Heart disease like high blood pressure and high
  cholesterol
• Damage in new kidney due to recurrence of the
  original kidney dysfunction.

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