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Kidney transplant rejection is when a transplant recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. The risk of acute rejection is highest in the first three months after transplantation. However, acute rejection can also occur months to years after transplantation.
How do members experience kidney transplant rejection?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with kidney transplant rejection*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for kidney transplant rejection*
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Kidney transplant rejection is when a transplant recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. The risk of acute rejection is highest in the first three months after transplantation. However, acute rejection can also occur months to years after transplantation.
Common symptoms reported by people with kidney transplant rejection
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for kidney transplant rejection
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Compare treatments taken by people with kidney transplant rejection
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have kidney transplant rejection through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with kidney transplant rejection? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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