Sarah hyland kidney transplant

If your kidney fails, you’ll need either dialysis — a procedure in which a machine filters and purifies your blood — or a kidney transplant — an operation that swaps out your damaged kidney for a healthy one.

Dialysis is not a cure-all, as the procedure cannot do everything that healthy kidneys do.

As a result, even if you do dialysis, you may still run into health problems associated with kidney failure — such as anemia, bone disease, heart disease, high potassium, and fluid buildup.

Kidney transplant surgery is considered to be the best way to treat kidney failure, according to the American Kidney Fund.

“Kidney transplant is the preferred option for kidney replacement therapy in people with kidney failure. Generally speaking, people who receive a kidney transplant live longer than people who are treated with dialysis,” Dr.

Silas Norman, a nephrologist at the University of