What is Kidney Failure?

What is Kidney Failure and how and when does it occur? What are the signs and symptoms of kidney failure? What and how does dialysis occurs? Measure the signs of kidney failure by watching this animated explanation.

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Kidney Failure

Kidney failure happens when one or both kidney stops functioning normally. This could be due
to infection, shock or some accident. Wastes like urea, creatinine, uric acid and ammonium ions
remain in the blood system instead of being excreted. An accumulation of these substances is
toxic to the human system. If not treated in time, it could be fatal. The treatments available are
dialysis or a transplant.

Dialysis is also called haemodialysis or dialysis of the blood. It is a machine that eliminates
excess salts and nitrogenous wastes from blood by filteration. It does not absorb or secrete
anything. Transplantation is a major operation through which failed or dysfunctional kidney is
replaced with a healthy one.

During dialysis, the patient’s blood from the radial artery is passed into the machine and returned
to a vein in the same arm. The dialysis fluid is changed regularly to remove wastes and to
maintain a diffusion gradient between the patient’s blood and the dialysis fluid.

The dialysis machine contains the following parts; a steel tub with a filter filled with a warm
fluid set at 37 o C. As the dialysis fluid enters the blood stream directly, its temperature is
maintained at 37 o C in the tub, to suit the patient’s body temperature. The machine also has a
narrow tubular coil of cellophane with pores and a sterile dialysis fluid. The tubular coil of
cellophane is semi-permeable in nature, allows small molecules to pass through, prevents blood
cells and large proteins from leaving and provides large surface area for exchange of material.

The sterile dialysis fluid surrounds the cellophane tube and contains regulated amounts of
dissolved salts and sugars. This procedure has to be carried out until the kidney is replaced with a new one. Once a kidney fails, there are very rare chances of its healing.

Compared to dialysis, kidney transplant is associated with a better quality of life, lower risk of
death, fewer dietary restrictions and lower cost of treatment compared to a lifetime on dialysis.
You can keep your kidney healthy by keeping yourself active; maintain your weight, control
sugar level, blood pressure, avoiding over the counter pills, avoiding smoking and maintaining a
healthy fluid intake.

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00:00 Why kidney failure happens
00:27 Treatment to kidney failure
00:31 Dialisis
01:45 Kidney transplant
02:03 How to keep our kidneys healthy

[i.victorian]

As someone who had kidney failure, been on dialysis, and now a kidney transplant - please take care of your body!

[Snow-ghri]

my grandma is currently dying slowly and painfully from both of her kidneys failing, it's good to be informed on how and why she's going through this at least

[dianaferreira]

I was suffering from similar issue in the past, but I'm glad it has been fixed

[fahimaih]

I cannot stress this enough: drink lots of water to prevent kidney stones!

[MyHealthytude]

Great Video !
Causes are actually very diverse like -
Hemorrhage, diarrhoea, burns, heart failure, Tumor/ stone obstructing urine flow, enlarged prostate etc for Acute Kidney injury
Whereas Chronic kidney failure can be due to Diabetes, Hypertension, MOGN, Stone/rumor, Prostate enlargement, Polycystic kidney disease, Amyloidosis
and getting a donor for transplant is very uncommon. So, its best to avoid the causes of disease by staying healthy !

[johnstevens]

"what is kidney failure"?
Me: Failure of the kidneys

[pyroAdapt]

Im type 1 diabetic and my A1C is 6.2 but im really scared of one day having to be on this. People often say "well just fake care of yourself" but being diabetic is very hard to live with even when you have the means to take care of yourself. There is often mental issues that come with it such as depression and questioning whether life is worth living with how fragile and easily your health can take a down turn. It also is very anxiety jnducing being in America and knowing the government can make insulin unaffordable at the drop of a hat and knowing that having health insurance and an income to afford it is essentially life or death. I am 24. Pretty healthy all things considersd but from what I've seen, as you get older with type 1 it gets alot harder to maintain your health even if you take good care if it and I'm still racked with fear living with this condition. When i was a teen it was alot worse i would have an existential crisis almost weekly and just stop taking care of myself. Glad i grew out of that in time.

[lizzdoe]

Thank you! A loved one of mine found out they have kidney failure and I wanted to understand it better so I can care for them.

[hooliganexxquisite]

My mother was on dialysis for 20 full years😢she never got a transplant and unfortunately passed 2 months ago.

[peppapig]

Good video. But please add all renal replacement therapies that patient can choose from. Dialysis - Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis and KT.

[MyHealthytude]

And even if patient goes on dialysis, life doesnt stop. According to National Kidney foundation people on dialysis can do light exercise as well.

[bradford-vts]

Very good. What do you use to create such amazing animations. Is it animation software? Or do you build from scratch using your own artists? It's truly amazing.

[manstand]

Thanks for your kindness towards the world

[bunch]

My grandpa has this and he suffered so much pain😢 please every one pray for his fast recovery and less pain

[subramaniamprasad]

To restore kidney back, the person must go for No salt, no sugar, No oil, diet plant based food diet, No cooking eating only lot of raw vegetables and fruits for 3 months your kidney will back 100% Normal...

[Creamy]

Pls if someone goes on dialysis is it a one time something or consistently

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

Possible symptoms include:👍

a reduced amount of urine.

swelling of your legs, ankles, and feet from retention of fluids caused by the failure of the kidneys to eliminate water waste.

unexplained shortness of breath.

excessive drowsiness or fatigue.

persistent nausea.

confusion.

pain or pressure in your chest.

seizures.

[liitboi]

to everyone watching this after the Lil Keed death, i really wish you a safe and healthy life

[georgesandoval]

My father in law is currently having kidney failure and today they announced he will be starting dialysis. Can anyone give me some tips of how to care for loved one going through this? This is a whole new playing field for us and although it is scary we are hopeful.

[lajoszsommd]

I take a little more clinical and more practical approach to this including dietary and lifestyle issues as I am a practising nephrologist.