After a 7 year study of New Zealand, Australian and Swiss kidney transplant patients, US doctors have come up with a non invasive, simple urine test to detect rejection of the newly transplanted kidney.
When a kidney transplant is done on a patient, it does not end there. The patient’s immune system has the ability to detect a foreign organ and can start attacking the new kidney as a foreign body. In order to circumvent this problem, the patient has to take strong immuno suppressant drugs for the rest of his or her life.
About Transplantation
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
Usually this detection is done by an invasive biopsy procedure which is of much discomfort to the patient. Fortunately, the doctors have found out that whenever the body rejects the new kidney, a molecule called Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is released into urine, and by measuring the level of MHC molecules in urine, the doctors can accurately pick up kidney rejection. Also, this test gives results several days before organ rejection can be detected by the standard biopsy procedure, saving precious time.
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Quiz on Kidney
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist, and are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.
Healthy kidneys filter about half a cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of your bladder. The bladder stores urine. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are partof the urinary tract.
kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. Kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals-such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus and potassium-in your blood ().
Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in the body may not work normally.
Kidneys also make hormones that help
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist, and are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.
Healthy kidneys filter about half a cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of your bladder. The bladder stores urine. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are partof the urinary tract.
kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. Kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals-such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus and potassium-in your blood ().
Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in the body may not work normally.
Kidneys also make hormones that help
- Control your blood pressure
- Make red blood cells
- Keep your bones strong and healthy
Top 10 Alarming Facts on Kidney Disease
The incidence of kidney failure (or chronic kidney disease) has doubled over the last 15 years. Here are some alarming facts on kidney disease.
The incidence of kidney failure (or chronic kidney disease) has doubled over the last 15 years. Here are some alarming facts on kidney disease.
