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Options When Kidneys Fail Kidney Transplant A healthy kidney from another person is put into your body. The kidney can come from a living donor or a deceased donor. About Transplant A treatment, not a cure for kidney failure A healthy kidney from another person is put into your body The average wait time for a kidney transplant is 5 to 10 years in the U.S. depending on where you live. Most patients have dialysis treatments until it is time for the transplant surgery A living donor can be a relative or a non- related person The Transplant Process Step 1 Referral from your doctor, your social worker, a nurse or by calling your nearest transplant center Step 2 Evaluation appointments with doctors and other healthcare providers Step 3 Complete health screenings Step 4 Wait for healthy kidney Step 5 Transplant surgery Step 6 Transplant anti-rejection therapy Right for you? Most normal lifestyle No ongoing dialysis required while the kidney transplant is working Not an option for everyone Long wait Major surgery Risk of body rejecting transplant; post-transplant medications After Transplant... Anti-rejection medicines for as long as you have the new kidney Frequent visits for transplant follow-up If your new kidney stops working, dialysis will be required Get More Information satellitehealth.com/options WB697X01-0417

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Page 1: Options When Kidneys Fail Kidney Transplant€¦ · Kidney Transplant A healthy kidney from another person is put into your body. The kidney can come from a living donor or a deceased

Options When Kidneys Fail

Kidney TransplantA healthy kidney from another person is put into yourbody.Thekidneycancomefromalivingdonor or a deceased donor.

About Transplant

• A treatment, not a cure for kidney failure

• A healthy kidney from another person is put intoyourbody

• The average wait time for a kidney transplant is 5 to 10 years in the U.S. depending on where you live.

• Most patients have dialysis treatments until it is time for the transplant surgery

• Alivingdonorcanbearelativeoranon-related person

The Transplant Process

Step 1 Referral from your doctor, your social worker,anurseorbycallingyournearesttransplant center

Step 2 Evaluation appointments with doctors and other healthcare providers

Step 3 Complete health screenings

Step 4 Wait for healthy kidney

Step 5 Transplant surgery

Step 6 Transplant anti-rejection therapy

Right for you?

• Most normal lifestyle • No ongoing dialysis

required while the kidney transplant is working

• Not an option for everyone • Long wait • Major surgery • Riskofbodyrejecting

transplant;post-transplantmedications

After Transplant...

• Anti-rejection medicines for as long as you have the new kidney

• Frequent visits for transplant follow-up

• If your new kidney stops working,dialysiswillberequired

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Opciones cuando fallan los riñones

Trasplante de riñónConsiste en introducir en el cuerpo un riñón sano de otra persona. El riñón puede proceder de un donante vivo o de un donante cadáver.

Información sobre los trasplantes

• Son un tratamiento, no una cura para la insuficiencia renal.

• Consisten en introducir en el cuerpo un riñón sano de otra persona.

• El promedio del tiempo de espera para un trasplante de riñón en los EE. UU. es de entre 5 y 10 años, según el lugar de residencia.

• La mayoría de los pacientes están en diálisis hasta el momento de la operación para el trasplante.

• El donante vivo puede ser un pariente o una persona que no sea familia.

El proceso del trasplante

Paso 1 El médico, el trabajador social o una enfermera lo remiten, o bien usted llama al centro de trasplantes más cercano.

Paso 2 Acudir a citas con médicos y otros profesionales de la salud para que realicen evaluaciones.

Paso 3 Chequeos de salud completos.

Paso 4 Esperar por un riñón sano.

Paso 5 Operación para el trasplante

Paso 6 Tratamiento anti-rechazo

¿Es adecuado para usted?

• Vida casi normal • Mientras el riñón funcione

no se necesita diálisis • No es una opción para todo

el mundo • Espera prolongada • Cirugía mayor • Riesgo de que el cuerpo

rechace el trasplante; medicación post-trasplante

Después del trasplante

• Medicamentos contra el rechazo durante todo el tiempo que tenga el nuevo riñón

• Visitas frecuentes para revisiones del trasplante

• Si el riñón nuevo deja de funcionar, necesitará diálisis

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腎臟衰竭時的治療方法

腎臟移植將別人的健康腎臟植入您的體內。腎臟可能來自活體捐贈者或已故捐贈者。

關於移植

• 是一種治療,不能治癒腎衰竭

• 將別人的健康腎臟植入您的體內

• 活體捐贈者可以是親人或是無親屬關係的人

• 在美國,腎臟移植的平均等待時間是5到10年,根據您的居住地點而定。

• 大部份的病人會接受透析治療,直到進行移植手術為止

移植過程

第一步 由您的醫生、社工人員、護士介紹,或是致電離您最近的移植中心

第二步 與醫生和其他保健提供者進行評估約診

第三步 完成健康篩檢

第四步 等候健康的腎臟

第五步 移植手術

第六步 移植抗排斥治療

適合您嗎?

• 可以有正常的生活 • 腎臟移植運作正常時,不

需要持續透析 • 不是每個人都適合 • 長期等待 • 重大手術 • 身體排斥移植器官的風

險;移植後藥物

移植後...

• 在您有了新腎臟後,持續服用抗排斥藥物

• 如果您的新腎臟停止運作,將需要透析

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