Effects of kidney failure

• What happens if your kidneys don't work properly?

  Waste substances build up in the blood, and you lose your ability to control levels of ions and water in your body
• Kidney failure

  • If they don't work properly waste substances can build up in the blood and you lose your ability to control the levels of ions and water in the body
  • Can cause problems in the heart, bones, nervous system, stomach, mouth etc.
  • If left untreated, kidney failure can result in death
• People with kidney failure can be kept alive by:

  1. Having dialysis treatment- where machines do the job of the kidneys
  2. Having a kidney transplant- where the diseased kidney is replaced by a healthy one