How do you take care of a transplanted kidney?

Steps to Keep Your Transplanted Kidney

1. Schedule regular healthcare visits.
2. Take all your medications every day and at the same time as instructed.
3. Discuss any medication concerns or side effects with your transplant team.
4. Eat healthy.
5. Get regular exercise.
6. Keep a healthy weight.

What medications do kidney transplant patients take?

The most commonly used immunosuppressants include:

• Prednisone.
• Tacrolimus (Prograf)
• Cyclosporine (Neoral)
• Mycophenolate Mofetil (CellCept)
• Imuran (Azathioprine)
• Rapamune (Rapamycin, Sirolimus)

What is the diet after kidney transplant?

After a kidney transplant, plan to follow a diet low in salt and high in fiber. A balanced diet includes a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, reduced-fat dairy products, whole grains, and plenty of water. Additionally, you may need to avoid eating certain types of foods.

What are normal creatinine levels after kidney transplant?

There is not a ‘normal’ range for creatinine in transplant patients but the average creatinine level in transplant patients is 150 µmol/L.

Why creatinine is increased after transplant?

Some patients develop a narrowing of the transplant artery, where it is stitched onto the blood vessel going to the leg. If this happens it may cause severe high blood pressure and a rise in the creatinine level.

What foods should be avoided after kidney transplant?

What are some of the ‘high-risk’ foods to avoid?

• Meat, poultry and fish.
• Prawns or shrimp.
• Crayfish.
• Crab.
• Squid.
• Clams, oysters, and mussels.
• Sushi.

What types of fruits should transplant patients avoid?

Most foods and drinks are completely safe for you to take after transplant. Please AVOID grapefruit, pomegranate, pomelo, blood orange, and black licorice, as these can increase the amount of anti- rejection medication in your body and this could harm you.

Which fruit is good for kidney transplant patients?

However, some transplant medicines can increase your blood level of potassium, while other medicines may decrease it. Foods high in potassium include: Oranges. Bananas.

What should transplant patients not eat?

Foods to avoid after transplant include:

• Raw seafood like clams, oysters, sushi and ceviche.
• Raw, rare or undercooked meat, poultry and fish.
• Raw or undercooked eggs.
• Foods containing raw eggs like cookie dough or homemade eggnog.
• Unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized cheese.
• Unpasteurized cider.
• Bean and alfalfa sprouts.

What is a good tacrolimus level?

Most individuals display optimal response to tacrolimus with trough whole blood levels of 5.0 to 15.0 ng/mL.

How do you monitor tacrolimus?

The blood test is usually measured as a “trough level,” meaning that sample collection is timed for 12 hours post-dose and/or immediately prior to the next dose, when the drug’s level in the blood is at its lowest.