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How can a person survive even if they suffer with kidney failure?

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Dialysis is designed to completely take over the function of the failed kidneys. As long as the person is dialyzed frequently enough, they can live for a normal life span. (The issue is that being attached to a dialysis machine takes up a lot of time, and normally they're not portable. This means that the person will spend much less time doing the things which they actually want to do).

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