Renal transplant is offered to patients with advanced stage 5 CKD. It is the best mode of treatment available presently for advanced kidney disease. He/she needs to be on dialysis either hemodilayis or peritoneal dialysis till he gets kidney transplant done. A donor is required for a kidney transplantation. The patient can survive with a single kidney which is transplanted, and he will be off any form of dialysis.

When the kidneys fail to function properly, it leads to kidney diseases as well as kidney failure. Diabetes and hypertension are two major reasons for kidney diseases all over the world. The research says that nearly 44 percent of the kidney failure is due to diabetes. You might have controlled your diabetes, yet there are high chances of CKD and kidney failures. It takes years to reach to the stage of kidney failure. Microalbuminuria is the earliest abnormality to oocur in urine before there are abnormalities in blood chemistry.

The kidney acts like a filter and removes the toxins like urea, creatinine from the blood in the form of urine. When the kidney is paralyzed to perform this function, Chronic Renal failure occurs. It is also known as Chronic Kidney disease(CKD). It is divided into 5 stages (stage 1 or early to advanced stage 5) depending on the severity of kidney injury. Toxins and water build up in the body gradually on regular basis. CKD cannot be reversed or cured, but if diagnosed early can be controlled well from progressing to advance stages. In initial stages he or she can be maintained with medications alone.