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Nephrologist
Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre , Chennai, India13 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. S. Ramalakshmi is a nephrologist in Chennai. She has an overall clinical experience of more than 15 years. She is currently providing her services at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre No.1 Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu as Senior Consultant, Nephrology. After completing the basic medical education from Thanjavur Medical College, she completed AB (Internal Medicine), and AB(Nephrology). She is the recipient of various awards during her academic years such as College first & Distinction in Biochemistry at Thanjavur Medical College, 1989, Best Resident of the year Annual I. Arthur Mirsky award- Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. 2001, First Prize in a poster presentation at Annual research day at Univ of Pittsburgh 2003, First prize in Free paper presentation at XXV Annual Conference of ISNSC Feb 2005, and Certificate of Merit for Meritorious research publications of SRU 2011.
Dr. S. Ramalakshmi is an experienced nephrologist with expertise in treating various kidney and urinary tract disorders. Her area of service includes Kidney Transplant, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Hemodialysis, Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment, Urinary tract infection, Peritoneal Dialysis, Renal Biopsy, Kidney stones, Renal Kidney Surgery, Tyrosinemia, Urinary incontinence, Fluid Retention, Frequent Urination, and management of chronic kidney diseases. Various research publications of Dr. Ramalakshmi have been published in journals. She has also researched the Putative role of anti-aging protein klotho and arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease where she was a Gate project SRU co-investigator. Her area of research also includes renovascular hypertension, chronic kidney disease, Type B lactic acidosis in childhood and prostatic abscess.
Let us have a look at the number of conditions treated by Dr. S Ramalakshmi.
Extreme infections like hepatitis. tuberculosis and bone infections lead to the situation where you need to get your kidney transplanted. You might need to get a kidney transplant if you have cancer now or had it in the recent past. Other conditions because of which a kidney transplant could become necessary are excessive cardiovascular or liver disease.
The signs and symptoms which lead to end stage kidney disease necessitating a kidney transplant are outlined below.
In the eventuality that your kidney or kidneys have failed whose other name is end-stage renal disease (ESRD) then one of your options is a kidney transplant. A constant diabetic person has enough build up to cause chronic kidney disease (called diabetic nephropathy). High blood pressure or Hypertension is another of the leading causes of kidney disease which could necessitate a kidney transplant.
Your kidneys could be damaged also due to prolonged history of High Blood Pressure (Hypertension). You can be up and about from the surgery in a day or two and reach home in one week.
Popular procedures performed by Dr. S Ramalakshmi are as follows:
Of the types of kidney transplants, the cadaveric renal transplant and living donor kidney transplant is so differentiated owing to the nature of the donor whether deceased or alive respectively. It makes sense for you to get your kidney or kidneys replaced with a healthy kidney before you would have to get on dialysis and such a procedure is called a preemptive kidney transplant. Your body should have adapted to the new kidney very well and this can be checked by getting timely checkups..
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A healthy kidney in the place of one or two diseased kidneys, this procedure is called a kidney transplant and is performed by a Kidney Transplant Surgeon. The surgery, the recovery and rehabilitation, the surgeon is involved throughout. They also prescribe the right medications and tests which will assist the process. The surgeon is the most important component of the core team which is inclusive of nurses, technicians and nephrologist.
We have outlined below the tests that give a good picture of whether you need a kidney transplant.:
Here is a comprehensive list of additional tests needed before and during the kidney transplant procedure.:
The tests are important to be performed at the right time and at proper frequencies to ensure the accuracy of the process, acceptance of the kidney and its proper functioning. Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram and cardiac stress test might be needed based on the doctors opinion.
Please consult a Kidney Transplant Surgeon when you are dealing with a kidney failure and need a Kidney Transplant. The surgeon can help you preempt the situation of going on a dialysis by assisting you in getting a transplant before your kidney or kidneys fail to such an extent. It is not just the actual procedure but the surgeon assists you with how the body is faring with the new kidney. Further, the decision to get a transplanted kidney is also taken in strict consultation with the surgeon.