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What Is The Life Expectancy In Case Of Kidney Failure?

MY grandmother is 90 today, in a nursing facility. she is swollen throughout her body and the doctors say she is in kidney failure, due to her age and that she is already so uncomfortable her children have declined dyalisis. what would you guess to be a life expectancy. She is in the home because she kept falling and has ahlziemers.
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I really appreciate your concern looking to the history given here I would like to say that if the this is the renal failure then the prognosis is depends upon the severity of the disease and general condition of the patient, damage of other body organ is also matter, hope this information helps you, take care and have a nice day.
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What Is The Life Expectancy In Case Of Kidney Failure?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I really appreciate your concern looking to the history given here I would like to say that if the this is the renal failure then the prognosis is depends upon the severity of the disease and general condition of the patient, damage of other body organ is also matter, hope this information helps you, take care and have a nice day.