Preventing Problems
The medications you started taking as soon as you got the new kidney stop your body from rejecting it. Without them, your immune system would sense the kidney as foreign, just like a germ or virus, and try to fight or destroy it. To prevent this, you will take drugs to tone down (suppress) your immune system.
Ideally, you should be taking enough immunosuppressive medications to keep your body from attacking the new kidney, but not so much that you can’t fight off infections or other germs. Sometimes this balance gets thrown off (for example, if you start taking a drug that interferes with your immunosuppressive drugs, or if you’re sick). Of course, if you don’t take your medications, this will definitely result in rejection!
Preventing Problems
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Your organs do many things to keep you healthy If your organs don't work, you may need to have a transplant To get a transplant, you have to be tested You can't have a transplant unless someone donates an organ You will have to have surgery to place the new organ into your body Most people feel much better after having a transplant Most people feel much better after having a transplant Taking care of your new organ will help you feel healthy for years to come Home