Kidney failure-what does that mean????

my dad's been dignosed with kidney failure. what does it mean for him...is it very bad???

Acute kidney failure is the sudden loss of your kidneys' ability to perform their main function 鈥?eliminate excess fluid and waste material from your blood. When your kidneys lose their filtering ability, dangerous levels of fluid and waste accumulate in your body.

Acute kidney failure is most common in people who are already hospitalized, particularly people who need intensive care. Acute kidney failure tends to occur after complicated surgery, after a severe injury or when blood flow to your kidneys is disrupted.

Loss of kidney function may also develop gradually over time, with few signs or symptoms in the early stages. In this case, it's referred to as chronic kidney failure. High blood pressure and diabetes are the most common causes of chronic kidney failure.

Acute kidney failure can be serious and generally requires intensive treatment. Unlike the chronic form, however, acute kidney failure is reversible and if you're otherwise in good health you should recover normal kidney function within a few weeks. If acute kidney failure occurs in the context of severe chronic illness 鈥?a heart attack, stroke, overwhelming infection or multiorgan failure 鈥?the outcome is often worse
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kidney-...

As we have two kidneys, it may be that there is one still functioning. However, if both have failed he will have to go on dialysis and/or wait for a donor kidney to become available. I am surprised that his Doctor or the hospital have not made this clear already.

umm i think it means your kidneys arent reacting...
lol
um no thats not good

Kidney failure=kidney's are not functioning normally. One sign of failed kidneys is lack of making urine for at least 6 to 8 hours even though the person has been drinking fluids and water. Or the kidney's may be making urine, but less urine than normal.

It means your father may have to undergo some dialysis treatments to help eliminate waste products from the body that would otherwise have been eliminated by his kidneys.

He will start dialysis treatment at hospital.

Kidney failure or Renal failure means that one or both of the kidneys isn't functioning as normal. I've been diagnosed with that. Having had tests, my doctor told me that one of my kidneys is only managing to do about 60% of its job. Doesn't bother me much though. I just watch my diet and take my medicine and Hope for the Best!

it means that his kidneys are not doing (and will never be able to do anymore) what it's supposed to do which is to filter the wastes from his body in the form of urine. If left untreated, anyone could be poisoned by his own wastes. He needs to have a dialysis which will do the function of the kidneys for him. He needs to seek active medical attention.

Kidney failure is a dangerous condition whereby the kidneys partially or totally stop functioning i.e. producing urine and thereby eliminating toxins from the blood. Causes may be deshydratation, infection, trauma, tumors, diabetes,etc. The patient literally will be poisoned in his own toxins and at some point the condition becomes irreversible and the patient will die from one or the other systemic failure : hart lungs etc.
Therapy consist in diuretics and lots of liquids, in further advanced cases kidney dialysis, (blood cleaning by machine on a weekly basis) and eventually kidney transplant. It is a serious situation but it can be stabilized. Best of luck.

Look for information on the internet, I have problems with my kidneys and that is how I would look up information till I had my doctor appointments. I wish the best for your dad and your family. Try this website it might help you. www.medicinenet.com/kidney_failure/artic...

Kidney failure is the inability of the kidney to filter the toxins from the blood, acute kidney failure lasts only a short time before the kidney restarts working, chronic kidney failure usually means the person needs dialysis and or a transplant but depends on the cause.

in a lay mans terminology it means the inability of the kidneys to carry out its normal function and this could be of short term (acute) or long term (chronic) in both conditions changes in the body's fluid composition are altered. the acute form may be reversed and the chronic form managed.the acute form may become chronic. the chronic one is treated mainly by using a dialysing machine to remove body waste from time to time being bad depends on the type your father has