discuss advantages disadvantages of kidney transplant compared with dialysis?
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Please talk like a human instead of writing a dictation from the page. Then we might just care.
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Sometimes a donated organ just doesn't work and you'll never know the reason.  It might not have been as healthy a kidney as thought before transplant, or it could have degenerated during transport, or your blood vessels could not adequately supply the new kidney with the needed blood within the proper time to keep the new kidney healthy....or...or...or.  Ask your physician why, because there are several possibilities and all we can do is guess. \n\nAre you a diabetic by any chance?
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Disadvantages: People will deem clones to have no souls and use them in immoral ways.\n\nAdvantages: None.\n\nI can see no benefit to the actual cloning of a human being. The benefit comes from the knowledge gained from cloning. Once we have the ability to clone a human being, we can specialize in cloning just the parts that we need.\n\nImagine a person with lungs and a heart damaged from disease or an accident. Doctors can clone just the heart and lungs from the patient's own DNA and transplant them. No waiting for donors and no organ rejection.\n\nHow about cloning gallons of untainted blood as needed? No more need for donors, storage, or disease testing. Even rare blood types can be cloned as needed.
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I received a kidney from my aunt in March. She really wanted to do it, and she did very well. She had surgery on Thursday and was out of the hospital 2 days later - Saturday. Up and walking around and going to restaurants and visiting ME in the hospital. \nThere is a very small risk of death from the surgery itself. I like to think of it as equivalent to a few years worth of normal traveling around in a car. So, you have to think whether the risk is worth it to you. Also, there is some higher risk of lingering pain or other post surgery problems. My aunt is doing fine. Statistically, I don't think they've found any increased likelihood of disease, except maybe a slight tendency toward slightly higher blood pressure. \nThey do advise you not to take Advil (ibuprofen) or other NSAID medications for pain relief, I believe. \nThe best website I know for living organ donors is\nhttp://www.livingdonorsonline.org/\nLots of info, and personal stories, and a bulletin board for discussing it all, both good and bad.\n\nSome info from livingdonorsonline:\n"These studies and others like them strongly suggest there are few if any consequences from donating a kidney. However, some precautions naturally are in order. For example, you may need to limit or give up activities that could damage your remaining kidney, such as rough contact sports (boxing or American football). Pregnancy for the most part is not a problem following donation, but a female should let the obstetrician know they have only one kidney so kidney function can be monitored.\n\nAs noted above, some studies have shown a slightly higher risk of high blood pressure and proteinuria. These risks can be managed and monitored through regular physical exams, blood tests, and urine tests."
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Once your kidneys shut down and the body is not supported by artifical means such as dialysis the body can only survive about a week.
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My understanding is that they will have a full and active life barring any problems with rejection and reactions to the anti rejection medications. It is alot better then the alternative which is being connected to a dialysis machine his whole life. Much more traumatic than the other. I happen to know that 2 girls have full lives and are much healtier and happier due to their transplants courtesy of my daughter and our gift of life to them. Their lives have changed in so many ways. One is going to college which she never thought she'd be able to and the little one can play and eat ice cream and do alot of things she couldn't before she got the life and I say LIFE changing transplant. Hope all goes well. It is truly a miracle the whole process, but it does come at a high price. Just know that the donor family waits for the dear letters from the recipients. It is a good thing to write to them and means sooo much. Let the family know that it is appreciated and that they are doing good. We prayed for the families that received our daughters organs.  In our experience it was the one thing that was good out of all the terrible things we went through. To be able to take away the pain of other families was a comfort to us. Especially when we knew that we were going to loose her.
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It's not perfect because, quite simply nothing can replace your kidneys. Nature is better at detoxifying your blood than any man made contrivance.  With due deference to your illness and proper care it will have a minimal effect on your life expectancy. Jules, Australia.
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Advantages-  Blood transfusions would come from your clone\n             and not strangers.\n\n             Chance for you to weigh out your options.\n             Ever wonder what would have happened if you \n             would have taken a different path.  Your clone\n             could do it for you.\n\n             Organ transplant on hand.\n\nDisadvantages-  Its like playing God.  Just shouldn't be \n                done.\n\n                Clone could turn out to be an evil twin and\n                try to steal your life.  They are not \n                robots, ya know.\n\n                One of me is enough!
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Medicare pays for the transplant itself and most of the time the follow up visits but it does NOT pay for the transplant drugs (the ones that keep your body from rejecting the new organ).\n\nFor more detailed information go to www.cms.gov
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Primarily because one can get donors from the family, thus reducing the chances of foreign proteins causing rejection.  Kidney transplants come from living people, thus are always extremely fresh-and the person can be carefully chosen to match a great number of protein markers.  This is not true for heart transplants, which must come from terminal victims, and in which they must merely take the best match, no matter how bad it is.
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Plasmapheresis and dialysis are two completely different things. Plasmapheresis is a procedure in which blood is separated into cells and plasma (liquid). The plasma is removed and replaced with fresh frozen plasma, a blood product called albumin and/or a plasma substitute. Dialysis is a therapy which eliminates the toxic wastes from the body when the kidney fails, and cannot do its job of eliminating these toxic wastes. The goal of these procedures are completely different.  In MG the immune system produces antibodies that become overactive and cause undesirable effects. These antibodies, called acetylcholine receptor antibodies (AChR), destroy or block certain receptor sites, resulting in muscle weakness. During plasmapheresis (also called plasma exchange), these abnormal antibodies are removed from the bloodstream. Dialysis is a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys, which are responsible for filtering waste products from the blood,  however, dialysis will not remove AChR and thus it will have no effect on MG.
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I recommend you get a medical clearance from the doctor. So many complications happen in transplant patients within the first year. You wouldnt want to be caught in it while abroad and away from your doctor and families. WHile abroad you are also susceptible to many infections you dont know you'll get because you are a transplant patient and are taking drugs which make you very susceptible to infections.\n\nA simple cold in a transplant patient can turn into a horrible lung disease without proper care.
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This is very serious!  If you have all of this information, I'm assuming you have a doctor.  In that case you would be placed on a specific diet for kidney dysfunction and on medication.  I would offer you advice, however, your doctor is your best bet.  PLEASE get some medical help.  There are nurses that can teach you how to eat/drink to improve your kidney function before you have to go on a dialysis machine.  Godloveya.
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Your answer is Medicare, not Medicaid.  Medicare covers dialysis treatments for end-stage kidney disease patients.  Talk to your mother's facility manager or social worker where she gets dialysis and they will assist you in making sure Medicare pays for the dialysis.\n\nFor more information, read Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services found at:\nhttp://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10128_LE.pdf
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I don't believe there are any disadvantages.  The advantages would be relieving stress or blue balls, helping to be able to concentrate, etc.
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Lots of advantages, depending on your viewpoint, but these are the disadvantages I see:\n1. Really sick kids, as in critically ill children. You have to be able to separate yourself from that. \n2. You're often on-call EVERY night - unless you're in a big enough group that alternates call. \n3. Primary care doctors (pediatricans, GPs, Internal medicine, etc.) are often low on the HMO food chain, so if you're going into medicine for the money, become a specialist. \nGood luck!
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Advantages:\n\n   Light\n   Motors\n   Electronics\n   Medical Equipment\n   Radio\n   Etc. Etc. Etc.\n\nDisadvantages:\n\n   Can be dangerous\n   Hurts if you stick it up your nose