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Life Beyond Dialysis: Post Kidney Transplant Care Explained by Dr. Anuja Porwal, Nephrologist
New Delhi [India], January 10: A kidney transplant is placing a healthy kidney into a person whose kidneys have failed and not working properly. It is recommended for people with end-stage kidney disease, where both the kidneys are working less than 10 percent, they can no longer effectively filter waste products and toxins, maintain fluid and electrolyte balance. Major causes of end stage kidney disease/ CKD stage 5 leading to kidney transplant are diabetes, high blood pressure, Glomerular diseases, polycystic kidney disease, recurrent kidney stones and infections, birth defects leading to weak or no kidney function since birth etc.
Jan 10, 2026