Quality of Life After a Kidney Transplant

A kidney transplant is a procedure to replace an unhealthy kidney with one that is functional, from a donor mainly. The donor could be alive or deceased. Before beginning the treatment, the doctor will assess whether you are a successful candidate for a transplant or not. Family members or others are a good match for a transplant. This type of transplant is called a living transplant. Even after donating one kidney, one can live healthily without any consequences. All you need is to take good care of your health with a healthy diet plan and take measures if needed.   Only in a rare condition, a person may require both of his kidneys to maintain health. This happens in the case when one of the kidneys is not functional already, and the second also fails to work. The diseased kidneys are left in their place, while the transplanted kidney is placed in the lower belly on the front side of the body. A transplant procedure is widely accepted as means to get rid of kidney failure. While...