This glossary tells you about some of the medicines commonly prescribed to kidney patients. Always consult your doctor before taking any medicine. Anti-hypertensives (blood pressure tablets) You might need anti-hypertensive tablets to lower your blood pressure.
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments. Chronic kidney disease, also known as chronic renal failure, chronic renal disease, or chronic kidney failure, is a slow progressive loss of kidney function over a period of several years. Eventually the patient has permanent kidney failure.
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Prolonged high blood pressure can damage your blood vessels, heart and kidneys. This might mean you need a transplant or dialysis sooner. There are many different tablets available. Some of the most common ones prescribed for kidney patients are called Doxazosin, Atenolol, Ramipril and Irbesartan. Reducing your blood pressure will not make you feel better in the short-term. However, in the long-term, the tablets will help you to stay healthy.
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1 The kidney is the most commonly transplanted organ. For the first time, the number of patients currently awaiting kidney transplants in the U.S. exceeds 100,000.  Of those on the waiting list, more than one-third will wait three or more years for a transplant.
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Lung transplants are recommended for those with severe lung disease, such as cystic fibrosis, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and emphysema. Patients on the lung transplant waiting list are often severely disabled and might even require oxygen 24-hours-a-day.
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The number of patients developing renal failure with sickle cell disease is unknown. This is largely due to the high mortality of patients with sickle cell disease and renal failure. There are two types of renal replacement therapy available to patients with sickle cell disease- dialysis and kidney transplantation. The best form of renal replacement therapy has not been determined for patients with sickle cell disease and renal failure.
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If chronic kidney failure ends in end-stage kidney disease, the patient will not survive without dialysis (artificial filtering) or a kidney transplant. According to the NHS (National Health Service), UK, approximately 1 to 4 in every 1,000 British people are affected by chronic kidney disease.
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Inherited kidney diseases such as polycystic kidney disease as well as diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of kidney failure requiring transplant. If left untreated, kidney failure can be fatal. Prior to transplant, most patients require dialysis, a mechanical treatment to filter the blood to rid your body of harmful wastes, extra salt and water. While most people are born with two kidneys, we can survive with one.
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A symptom is something the patient feels and reports, while a sign is something other people, including a doctor or a nurse may detect. For example, pain may be a symptom while a rash may be a sign. Chronic kidney failure, as opposed to acute kidney failure, is a slow and gradually progressive disease.
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Detailed Description: Sickle cell disease is a common disease in the African-American population. In sickle cell disease red blood cells are abnormal in shape and can damage organs. In particular, patients with sickle cell disease can have damage to the kidneys, resulting in renal failure.
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what disease  commonly require a kidney transplant for the patient to survive
Polycystic kidney disease commonly require a kidney transplant for the patient to survive.   Polycystic kidney disease require a kidney transplant for the patient to survive.