How many years can uremia live? How to treat it?

As we all know, uremia is a very serious disease. Generally speaking, after people find out that they have uremia, they need to pay more attention to the life span of uremia. So, how many years can uremia live?

How many years can one live with uremia?

How long a patient with uremia can live depends on the patient's condition and physical condition. The survival time for dialysis and kidney transplantation is basically similar, with approximately 80% of patients surviving beyond 1 year and 60% of patients surviving beyond 5 years. The main reasons for death within five years were untimely treatment and late dialysis, and most of them were accompanied by serious complications such as diabetes, hypertension, and renal anemia.

How to treat uremia?

1. Kidney transplant

A kidney transplant is the process of transplanting a healthy person's kidney into a patient whose kidney has been completely necrotic. The new kidney assists the human body in working and prolongs life. The patient's quality of life will be greatly improved after the kidney transplant. However, the new kidney will be rejected by the patient in the human body, so the patient needs to take anti-rejection drugs for life, which increases the cost. In addition, kidney transplantation is also limited by factors such as shortage of kidney sources, difficulty in kidney matching, and high surgical risks. How long can a patient with uremia live after a kidney transplant? According to analysis, the one-year survival rate of patients after a kidney transplant is 90%, the five-year survival rate is 5%, and the ten-year survival rate is 1%.

2. Dialysis

Relevant data show that if dialysis is successful, the survival rate is roughly the same as that of a kidney transplant. Because dialysis treatment can quickly help patients with renal failure excrete toxins from the body, indicators such as creatinine can be significantly reduced. However, dialysis is only a renal replacement therapy and can only play a replacement role. It cannot repair kidney function or treat renal failure. Therefore, patients with renal failure need to continue dialysis treatment, from once a week to twice or three times a week. Long-term dialysis replaces kidney work, and complications will follow. Moreover, one's kidneys will gradually necrotize and atrophy if not used for a long time. Therefore, the disadvantage of dialysis treatment is that it is not conducive to maintaining the remaining renal function. Its biggest advantage is that it can quickly reduce indicators such as creatinine.