A kidney transplant does not reduce your life expectancy.
Instead a kidney transplant in most cases increases your life expectancy when you have kidney failure.
Kidney transplants, especially when it comes from living kidney donors, can actually significantly improve both the length and quality of life when compared to simply remaining on dialysis.
People who receive a kidney transplant often live longer than those who stay on dialysis.
It is possible to get an infection after a kidney transplant which is a CMV virus infection also known as cytomegalovirus.
Cytomegalovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae, in the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae.
Humans and other primates serve as natural hosts.
The 11 species in this genus include human betaherpesvirus 5, which is the species that infects humans
The most opportunistic infection after kidney transplant is Candidiasis which is a systemic fungal infection that is commonly encountered in renal transplant or kidney transplant recipients with the urinary tract being the site of origin in over 80 percent of the cases.