What Is the Life Span of Patients with Renal Failure

Renal Failure is a medical condition, in which the kidneys fail to filter blood and discharge wastes products normally. It will certainly affect the patients’ life span. However, there is no a fast and absolute answer to the question. It is mainly associated with the following factors:
1. Residual renal function
We all know that if a person donates a kidney to others, he still can still normally. It means that if the patients can keep renal function above 50%, they still have the chance of living a normal life. Therefore, in the early stage of Renal Failure, the patients should take proper treatment as early as possible to preserve the residual renal function.
2. Complications of Renal Failure
In most cases, the patients may die of the complications of Renal Failure before the kidneys fail completely.
Heart failure is primary death cause of Renal Failure. On one hand, since the kidneys can not filter out the potassium, it will cause heart to beat irregularly. On the other hand, the kidneys can not produce as much as urine as before. As a result, excess fluid will build up in body. The heart can not keep up with the increased blood volume. Also the fluid may collect in lung, which can cause ischemia in brain and heart.
Besides heart failure, the other common death causes mainly include infections, massive haemorrhage etc.
If the patients can take preventive measures to prevent cardiovascular complications, infections and correct haemorrhage, it will prolong the life span of the patients with Renal Failure.
3. Therapy
Therapy plays the primary role in extending the patients’ life span. If they can take proper treatment to improve renal function, they will be able to live as long as the common people.
However, dialysis or medicines can not help the patients achieve the goal at all.
Renal Failure is attributable to necrosis and impairment of kidney tissues. If the kidney tissues can be restored very well, the kidneys will be able to function normally. Therefore, the patients with Renal Failure will enjoy a normal life span as common people.