Treatment

What kinds of medications will your child need to take after a transplant?

Answer

The body’s immune system is designed to keep you healthy by sensing “foreign invaders,” such as bacteria, and rejecting them. The immune system will also sense that the new kidney is foreign, so in order to keep your child’s body from rejecting the kidney, he or she will have to take drugs that turn off, or suppress the immune response, called immunosuppressants.