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Asked for male, 30 years old from Rohtas
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Acute kidney failure can be fatal and requires intensive treatment. However, acute kidney failure may be reversible. If you're otherwise in good health, you may recover normal or nearly normal kidney function.
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Nephrologist•Dehradun
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Yes, you can change it. Every brand may have different bioavailability of drug therefor you need to check tac levels a bit frequently in early period of change to adjust the drug dosing.
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Nephrologist•Vijayawada
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You can change brand but this may lead to lower blood levels of tacrolimus and may cause rejection. So consult your transplant nephrologist and adjust dose as per tacrolimus levels. There after you can continue with that brand.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Fertility (the ability to conceive a child) tends to increase in both men and women after a transplant. A woman who has had a successful transplant is likely to have regular menstrual periods and good general health.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Usually, after six weeks, you can resume normal exercise and physical activities, but there are certain activities that may be high risk with your new kidney.
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Patients with a failed kidney transplant have been shown to have a significant increase in mortality compared with patients with a functioning graft or patients initiating dialysis for the first time.
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Get a complete cbc, rft, and lft done, to find out the pattern of liver enzyme derangement. Then get hep b and c viral markers. Post transplant patients are prone to many infections and other chronic ailments. please consult a nephrologist.
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Asked for male, 21 years old from Visakhapatnam
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A large study of the long-term effects of kidney donation had good news for people who donate kidneys. Let's have a detailed discussion for better advice and healthy lifestyle.
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Asked for male, 29 years old from Palakkad
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Hla typing allows a doctor to know how much variance there is between the antigens of donor and the recipient. The less variation, the lower the chance that the recipient body will reject the donor organ. This is necessary to ensure that the organ transplant does not end up being fatal.
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