The Dilemma of Kidney Transplantation in China

The Dilemma of Kidney Transplantation in China

Recently, a young man has attracted the attention of many Chinese people. This young man, called Liu Fei, has being suffering from the End Stage Renal Failure for one year. His mother’s kidney is suitable to him for transplantation, but his mother refused and left home, which provokes a heated discussion among Chinese people.

Liu Fei was born in a poor family in Sichuan province. Their life mainly depends on the money made by his parents in taking part time jobs. When he was diagnosed as the End Stage Renal Failure, he left school and leased a tricycle to make money for dialysis. In China, there are many people without medical care in some poor areas, which means that some treatments are usually unaffordable to them, such as dialysis and kidney transplantation. The problem of kidney transplantation lies not only in the shortage of money but also in the limited kidney source. Chinese people who are unwilling to donating their kidney is not the persons without loving hearts but they owning a traditional thought that they must have a intact body to rebirth after their death and their children consider it is an important filial piety to keep their parents in whole bodies. In addition, many people hesitate to donate their kidneys because they think it is harmful to their health and may make them lose the ability of working.

Condemned by so many people, the mother of Liu Fei expressed her thought that if she donates her kidney to her son, there will be two patients in this poor family and they can not afford the medical fee after transplantation. Maybe this mother indeed has no choice but to make money and wait for another suitable kidney towards her son, or maybe she is scared to take the responsibility as a mother, but it is really a dilemma in China among patients with the End Stage Renal Failure. Besides complaining the underdeveloped economic conditions, what else can we do? Is there really no other choice for those patients apart from kidney transplantation and dialysis?

Actually, according to each patient’s medical conditions, as long as their surviving nephrons are in protection and the damaged nephrons can be recovered enough or even partially, there is a chance for them to get rid of dialysis, prolong their lives and even need not to receive kidney transplantation.

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Patients with Kidney Failure Can Calm Down for London Riots

Yesterday, on August 7th, 2011, London was attacked by groups of youths, which was greatly shocked the world. There are contant riots in London for years. As for this time, broken shops, smashed police cars as well as blasts in residential areas are panic for people living in London, especially for people with Kidney Failure. London riots can seriously deteriorate the illness condition of patients with Kidney Failure.

There is riots everyday in different part, however, people with Kidney Failure suffered much more than healthy people because they need regular health care such as dialysis. Usually patients with Kidney Failure at least need once or twice. Each time will take them at least three hours. When people with Kidney Failure together with congestive heart failure experience London riots, they have to do emergency treatment and prolong the time of dialysis.

At the same time, suddenly panic can lead to acute Kidney Failure, especially for people with weak body. Acute Kidney Failure can be cured completely. What more difficult is the treatment of chronic Kidney Failure. If the riots last for a long time, how can they do dialysis or do need surgical operation. A kidney transplantation need several hours so people with Kidney Failure can't do operation. What shall they do?

Are there any other methods that take short time and can be done by patients themselves?

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An American with Nephrotic Syndrome is under Treatment in Our Hospital

Name: Michael

Nationality: America

Gender: Male

Age: 33

Diagnosis: Nephrotic Syndrome

Michael’s disease condition:

On September 6th, 2009, Michael was suggested having a rest by his doctor for edema occurred in his low body part. He thought this is caused by overstrain, and then he followed his doctor’s advice and took a rest for one month but his edema condition is more serious. Michael decided to check up carefully so as to find the exact reason so he took renal biopsy, blood test and urine test, however, the doctor find nothing. At that time his Creatinine is 108ml/min. Several months later, he felt more uncomfortable and then he went to take renal biopsy again. This time he was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerular Fibrosis (FSGF). In later days more symptoms occurred such as proteinuria, hypertension and anemia. In 2010, the edema conditions relapsed five times. The western medicines can not thoroughly eliminate his edema condition.

Michael came to Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, China:

On July 12th, 2011, Michael came to our hospital. He was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome and his disease was caused by Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Renal Anemia as well as Renal Hypertension. Michael had serious edema and his two arms were lifted by his bulged body. He can’t walk for his feet had serious edema. His skin looked like transparent and we can see the capillaries clearly, which is caused by severe edema. His Creatinine is 356ml/min on July 12th.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy Deals with Creatnine and Edema

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Harmonious Relationships between Patients and Medical Workers

Do you want to know the other side of our hospital? Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease hospital is superior to other hospitals not only on treatment methods but also on the harmonious relationship between medical workers and patients. Today I will talk about the love between medical workers and patients leaving aside the effective and advanced treatment methods for treating various kidney diseases in our hospital.

Stories happened between patients and medical workers

The first moving story happened between a customer service representative named Lina and a foreign patients coming from England on July 6 this year.

The patients came to Shijiazhuang Kidney disease Hospital, China companied by his wife and daughter. He contacted with Lina for nearly three months and then he decided to come to China for treatment. That is because he totally approved Lina and our treatment methods. On July 16, this patient should take dialysis for eight hours for his disease is very serious. The first sentence he said is where is Lina when he finished the dialysis. He prepared a big birthday cake for Lina for he saw her birth date through Lina’s email. Actually that day was not the exact birth date of Lina because she wrote it according to lunar calendar. Lina is busy in doing her work so he can not meet the patient quickly. What moved us most is that the patient kept waiting for Lina until Lina finished her work. When Lina and her colleague went to saw this patient he and his wife and daughter treated them very enthusiastically. You can think that why the foreign patient will treat Lina like this? They treated each other just like relatives and that is the most harmonious relationship between hospital workers and patients.

There are many examples which show the true love between patient and medical workers. There is also a Greek patient named Stefanos who has discharged from our hospital with health also developed good relationship with his medical workers.

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