Experiences with

Kidney transplant

Jaime Uribarri who will discuss precautions and considerations for kidney patients, transplant recipients, and caregivers before they return to work and other regular daily activities. Viewers will be able to ask questions in real time.

Jaime Uribarri who will discuss precautions and considerations for kidney patients, transplant recipients, and caregivers before they return to work and other regular daily activities. Viewers will be able to ask questions in real time.

Jaime Uribarri who will discuss precautions and considerations for kidney patients, transplant recipients, and caregivers before they return to work and other regular daily activities. Viewers will be able to ask questions in real time.

I have never faced this problem but today I have noticed reduced urine output (around 500 ML) after drinking 3 litres of water. My last gfr one month before was 25. I have never seen swelling but today in feet, there is some swelling. I am very tensed. I don't know what happening?? Are kidneys failing

Like a great number of us on the site, I take a daily anti-coagulant. Next week I have a blood test for kidney and liver function and am curious to know more about how I might understand the results. Can anyone tell me how to read the figures that come back - what signifies healthy functioning or otherwise

When researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, used a combination of two specific blood-clotting tests, they found critically ill patients infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were at high risk for developing renal failure, venous blood clots, and other

For the last 12 months I have been trying to improve my GFR/creatinine by reducing protein and eating only plant protein, 12 months ago my GFR was 48 and up to this latest result it has been in the mid 40's range. Everything apart from creatinine has been bang in the middle of normal. I'm a 73 year

I’m due excision at end of August & surgeon started me on Triptorelin GnRH-a injection to reduce pain and shrink cysts & whatever else is going on inside. I feel my pain has significantly increased so wondering if I should really have the second shot, that is due in two weeks time? What are your thoughts

I'm three weeks post transplant, everything looks good and I'm feeling good, no obvious side effects from medication. However this morning, I was told they found BK virus in my urine with 5 log/ml. If this keeps increasing it make eventually leak into the kidney and hurt it, and there is no effective

This weeks topic will cover the myths and truths about COVID-19, and the latest updates for people with kidney disease and transplant recipients. https://www.kidney.org/content/facebook-live-webinar

This weeks topic will cover the myths and truths about COVID-19, and the latest updates for people with kidney disease and transplant recipients. https://www.kidney.org/content/facebook-live-webinar

This weeks topic will cover the myths and truths about COVID-19, and the latest updates for people with kidney disease and transplant recipients. https://www.kidney.org/content/facebook-live-webinar

My partner (f 48) was transferred per emergency to a Northern hospital with liver failure - during the first 5 days she was held on a ward where othing was done except giving her blood (7 units) and antibio's (Just to note that on this ward she contracted Cov19 and it was a so called "Green Ward" = virus

Anyone else had bad side effects with these tablets? Was first put on MMF late summer 2018 after the lupus came back with a bang, within a few days I'd noticed that toilet visits were becoming a lot more regular. I mentioned it to the consultant who didn't want to change things as we were hoping the

A team of doctors, scientists, public health specialists and health economists from six universities – Queen Mary University & Kings College, London, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Edinburgh & Swansea Universities and Queen’s University, Belfast – have joined together in a national

My kidney transplant was Dec. 7 1992, 27yrs this month.. I am blessed of how long it has lasted. Thanking the Lord it will keep on going...

Has anyone been diagnosed with hemochromatosis-- iron overload and been has had a liver transplant or liver issues?

Hi just wondering if anyone has any experience of lung abscess’ please. My son is 13, had pneumonia and lung abscess February his 4th X-ray a few days ago has revealed no change/improvement and he is being referred to a consultant. I’m so worried about him. Thank you

In Pakistan their is no transplant for liver can any one help a person who can help him.in liver transplant

Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus to infect healthy cells, this may help to explain why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women