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What is the primary reason a patient with a transplanted kidney must take immunosuppressants for the rest of their life?

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To prevent the immune system from rejecting the transplanted kidney.

Rationale:

🔶 Immunosuppressants are required lifelong to suppress the immune system’s T-cell and B-cell responses, which would otherwise recognize the transplanted kidney as foreign.

🔶 Acute or chronic rejection can lead to irreversible damage to the transplanted kidney, resulting in graft failure.

🔶 Drugs like cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and corticosteroids help maintain graft tolerance by lowering immune activity while balancing the risk of infection.

🔶 Non-adherence to immunosuppressive therapy is a major cause of late graft loss, making education on medication compliance critical.

🔶 Long-term immunosuppression also requires monitoring for side effects, such as nephrotoxicity and increased infection risk.

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  • Domain: Adult Health
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