Another treatment some doctors use is a low-protein diet. Protein seems to increase how hard the kidneys must work. A low-protein diet can decrease protein loss in the urine and increase protein levels in the blood. Never start a low-protein diet without talking to your doctor first. Once kidneys fail, these treatments are no longer useful.
Dialysis is then necessary.
The person must choose whether to continue with dialysis or to get a kidney transplant. This choice should be made as a team effort. A kidney transplant, if successful, frees the person from dialysis. It makes the quality of life dramatically better. The immune system's job is to protect the body from foreign substances.