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As long as they mind their diet and follow doctor's orders, they should be OK barring injury to the healthy kidney. Women with one kidney can have children , but it's not recommended, and is considered a high-risk pregnancy. It can be managed, but you need close observation and strict adherence to doctor's orders and good reporting from the Mother to the doctor if anything odd is going on.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoSomeone with one kidney can survive as long as someone with two kidneys - their remaining kidney grows a little bigger and does the extra work, but you only run into trouble when you have no kidneys left. Then you need either a transplant, or dialysis (your blood run through a machine that cleans out all of the 'waste' products), or you die. Grandpa decided he no longer wanted dialysis (he was having dialysis for 4hrs/day, 3-4 days/wk) and that is the reason he passed away. Kidneys are important.
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∙ 13y agoif noting like a kidney failure happens his lifespan is just as long as a normal human being. this is because we always only use one kidney. the second one is just a spare one that most people never have to use.
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∙ 13y agoThe whole idea is to give them the rest of their natural lives.
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∙ 11y agoA person can life a healthy life with just one kidney.
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∙ 8y agoIt is possible to live a whole lifetime with just one kidney.
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What change does a person go through with only one kidney?
not much change
Can a person live normally with one kidney only?
an a person live normally with only one kidney
Can a person live normally with one kidney and why?
can a person live normally with only one kidney and why
Can you grow hair with only one kidney?
Yes. One kidney is enough to sustain the life.
Why should a person with only one kidney avoid contact sports?
Contact sports, such as football and hockey, can damage the last remaining kidney, which will mean that that person will need a new kidney.
If a person has only one kidney can he marry and has childrens?
yes
Does the kidney loses half its essence if one of them is removed?
The remaining kidney actually picks up a lot of the workload of the removed kidney. That doesn't mean all of it, but it does compensate for it, which is why having only one kidney can take years off of your life, as the remaining kidney is having to work so much harder.
Does eyeless jack take both kidneys?
Depends. Probably his hunger or how much he cares about that person. You only need one kidney to survive..
Can a person ever get off the kidney machine?
Usually, someone on dialysis has little or no kidney function. The only way to fix this is through a successful kidney transplant.
How the mental state of a person who has only one kidney?
The presence of only one kidney should not change the mental status of a person, unless they have progressed to renal failure. In that case their kidney doesn't work and toxins are building up in the blood. In end stage renal failure, the person needs to be on dialysis.
If you already had a kidney transplant and end up with two kidneys if you have to get another kidney transplant does that mean you end up with three kidneys?
There wouldn't be much need for doctors to gave a person a third kidney as the body originally had only two, therefore the third kidney would probably be rejected by the immune system.
What is the treatment for Kidney disease?
the only cure would be kidney transplant, though dialysis may be used to extend the life of the individual
