Water Retention After Kidney Donation. The photo you uploaded of your legs does not make them look very swollen. If the heart does not have enough pumping force the kidneys will not be able.
The delay may last two to four weeks after surgery but it can last for months. This delay is called acute tubular necrosis. Indeed the kidney cannot excrete pure water and the maximum daily excretion of fluid depends on the osmotic load presented to the kidneys.
Person suffering from water retention may have symptoms of puffiness or swelling of tissues which remain present directly beneath the skin particularly in the arms or legs of a person.
Now i m much more careful about making sure i m hydrated mittman says. Indeed the kidney cannot excrete pure water and the maximum daily excretion of fluid depends on the osmotic load presented to the kidneys. I was never a big water drinker before donation. The photo you uploaded of your legs does not make them look very swollen.