How long can someone live with kidney failure?My best friend's mother has polycystic kidney disease. She was told that her kidneys were only functioning at 1% and that she needs a transplant. I don't know if she'll do dialysis, or if it would even help. She's supposed to have been doing dialysis for about 2 years now, and she has so far refused to do it. I don't know if she'll start doing it now or not. So, I have two questions.
1. How long can someone with kidney failure live if they don't do dialysis?
2. How long can someone with kidney failure live if they do dialysis, but don't get a kidney?
Thank you.
Posted by jandy
without, a painful week, there are medications that will force kidneys to work to a certain degree,usually w acute renal failure, chronic and total failure, get toxic very quickly
with, years if no complications w fistulas, infections, etc.
Posted by Robbie
You kidneys are like blood filters which filter out waste. If she has only 1% function, that means her body is not filtering like it should. So if she doesn't get a transplant she'll die within months with only 1% operation. Sorry to hear that send my best wishes and I hope I helped a little.
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