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Kidney
Failure
The information here is given as a guide only and
patients are advised to seek further information from their own
doctor.
End Stage Renal Failure
Chronic Kidney Failure
means that the kidneys are no longer able to work as healthy kidneys do. After
a time the kidneys become less and less able to cope and this leads to End
Stage Renal Failure. At this stage dialysis or a transplantation is essential
to take over the work that healthy kidneys used to do.
What Kidneys Do
The main job of the kidneys is to get rid of toxic waste and excess
water.
Kidneys sieve and clean the blood pumped into them from the
heart and make urine from the blood. The urin carries away toxic waste
and excess water when you go for a pee (about 2 litres of urine is passed a
day). When you have reached End Stage Renal Failure the kidneys need help to
get rid of the toxic waste and excess water. This is when dialysis or
transplantation becomes essential.
Other Things Kidneys
Do
Kidneys help to:-
- Control Blood Pressure
- Control the Manufacture of Red Blood
Cells
- Keep Bones Strong and Healthy
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