What Is The Transplant Process like for A Child with ARPKD

2015-10-01 06:46

Here we will mostly introduce the transplant process for children with ARPKD, hoping useful and helpful for you. Transplant evaluation is needed just as other kidney failure patients. In general, if kidney function decreases to less than 20%, transplant evaluation will start. Now please see the details of transplant evaluation:

Transplant evaluation contains physical test, X-rays and laboratory examination. In addition, children with ARPKD need to do tests to see how is oral health and what is nutrition status like. What is more, immune system should be tested, and if it is not good, vaccines are necessary for them. This is because infection is easy to happen after kidney transplant.

Children’s own kidney can be removed before kidney transplant starts, or at the same time. If kidney has become very large, it can be removed early to lower high blood pressure and give room for transplant.

When kidney transplant begins, children need to stay in hospital for about one or two weeks. At first, they have to take medicines to prevent infection and rejection. After leaving hospital, parents of children need to take care of children’s blood pressure, take them to do blood test regularly and let them take medicines as doctors demand.

Besides, new kidney condition should be under supervision in daily life to see how well it goes. If there are symptoms or complications appearing, right and timely treatment is needed to control them.

It is a very significant thing for children with ARPKD to do kidney transplant, and parents should highly value this thing. Communicating with doctors and dietitians in detail is very necessary. Any question or more information about kidney failure, kidney transplant, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given for you very soon.

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