Patient's question:
Recently, my appetite has been poor, and I've also noticed some swelling in my body. I feel completely weak. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they said it was kidney disease. Can you please tell me how long someone can live with uremia and bilateral kidney failure?Doctor's answer:
If you undergo proper renal replacement therapy, such as adhering to regular hemodialysis, it is not a problem to survive for another ten to twenty years. The prognosis is greatly related to how severe the complications are and how standardized the treatment is. If you do not actively adopt renal replacement therapy, relying solely on oral medications or intravenous fluids cannot solve the fundamental problem and may quickly lead to the patient being on the brink of death.