Immunosuppressants after transplantation protect your new kidney, but also increase your risk of infection. This article explains which pathogens often cause problems after transplantation, how to recognize these problems, and how infections from these pathogens are treated.

Protecting your body and your new kidney from infections as best as possible is important, especially after transplantation. In this article you will learn why keeping your vaccinations up-to-date is important for you, which vaccinations are relevant for you and what things you may have to consider.

Especially after transplantation, it is important to protect your body and your new kidney from infections as best as possible. Let's take a closer look at why this is so, how you can prevent infections and what role regular vaccinations play.

Have you successfully made it through your kidney transplant and are now wondering which medications are relevant for you after the transplant? What about blood pressure and diabetes medications, phosphate binders and potassium binders? And what about immunosuppressants? We would like to take a look at the answers to these questions together so that you are not alone with your new medication line-up.

Directly after transplantation, the use of so-called immunosuppressants is of great importance. The purpose of these drugs is to suppress the function of the body's own defense system (=immune system) and thus enable the new kidney to arrive as gently as possible at its new site of action. At the same time, however, side effects may occur during the therapy. In this article you will learn what these are and how they can be prevented in the best possible way.