Acute Renal Failure?

I found out a friend of mine has been diagnosed w/ acute renal failure, he gets dialysis 3x/week. He is 25 and in good health. Any advice/life expieriences you could share? Is there a good chance this can be "cured" (and not become End Stage Renal Failure)?

he gets dialysis 3 times a week, he has had 12 dialysis treatments so far. although doctors can not find the reason for it, he believes it was because of medications he was given in the military.he has no other illnesses.

thank God its "acute" cuz if cured at the rite time.. he can be normal for the rest of his life.. but if u dont cure the cause at the right time.. it progresses into "CHRONIC" renal failure n that leads to "end stage renal disease"..
i hope n pray that Allah gives health to ur friend n guides him to the best in both the worlds. Ameen:)

My dad is on dialysis 3 times a week. If he goes off it he will only have a short time to live. The only cure is a kidney transplant and then that isn't even 100%

My brother suffered with Acute Renal Failure, which became chronic renal failure. He relied on dialysis for several years until a kidney became available. He was then 90% fit for several more years until that kidney failed, so it was back to dialysis and a wait for another kidney which came in due course. This one lasted for about two years, by this time he was not a fit man and back on dialysis, in those days he was dialysing for 8 hours a day 3 times a week and found it hard to maintain a positive attitude towards life and finally gave up the fight.
So I would say that although it is a serious condition, many people are able to live a near normal life and there have been many advances in this branch of medicine since my brother first became ill in 1974. He died in 1993
There is no cure except for a transplant but dialysis will manage the condition almost indefinitely.
Good luck to you and your friend, I'm sure you will have many more years to enjoy life!

Realy sorry for that !!! i hope he is on regular medicantion.........Diuretics r veyr important....plus he should be given calcuim......along with this dialysing........just be careful that he shoulnt go into chronic renal failure.... Acute renal failure has good prognosis.......God bless him.
even chronic renal failur has good cure in the form of renal transplantaion.....n at that age if person end up with chronic renal failure then thts the best treatment.....but dont worry he,ll be fine.