How many kidneys do you have?

[ImaBraveNhsHero]

It's two, right?

DH has one, following a brush with cancer as a very small child.

I have two I think

Two is standard. Some people are only born with one, or have one functional one and one defective one. Some people have 3 (unusual).

You only have 1 liver, 1 spleen, 1 pancreas, 1 bladder, 1 heart as standard.
2 kidneys, 2 gonads (whichever flavour), 2 of each limb, 2 lungs as standard.

Two, but my DGm has three. One is not functional

Two, confirmed by scan

My mother had 3. The third one didn’t work, swelled up to a football and stunk the operation table out

Duplex kidney isn’t actually 2 kidneys on one side, it just means that there are two collecting systems/ two ureters from one kidney.

I've got 2, due to transplants my dad has 4, due to one of my dad's transplants my grandad has 1

I really hope you are not about to perform surgery and double checking here

I assume I have 2 on the grounds noone has told me any different.

My DM has two inside and about 6 in the freezer because DF quite likes them in a steak pie.

If you ever get the chance and you're interested, you should learn about how kidneys work. They are fascinating. I mean, I knew they filtered out waste and extra fluid, but the way they do it is amazing.

Assuming I have 2, but my DB only has half a kidney, and I also know someone who has three…

I have 2....
DD has 2 but only 1 works well, the 2nd is very scarred and a lot smaller than the other. She has regular scans....
My mother has 1
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I had surgery in a dodgy hospital in Eastern Europe. It was supposed to be keyhole surgery but the incision runs from my belly button to my pubic bone. I'm convinced they nicked a kidney.

I've got 2 kidneys, three nipples and 4 livers that I purloined from altruistic donors.

@TheLovelinessOfDemons

I'm assuming 2, as no one's ever found more or fewer than that (or they haven't told me).

You'd be surprised. Mumsnet certainly were over the last few days.

@HipHopanonymous

I've got 2 kidneys, three nipples and 4 livers that I purloined from altruistic donors.

Is that how you came by your wheelchair too?

One and a half. Kidney cancer 2 years ago.

A friend of mine had 4. His own ones, which never worked properly and were shrivelled, a donor kidney which failed after 20 years, and a further subsequent transplant from his dad. Sadly no longer with us, his wife was prepared to donate but he became too ill for the operation.

19, as do all my people.

Interesting question. I suspect probably more than two. As well as people born with three, most people who have had a transplant have three because they don’t usually remove the native ones. Happy to be proved wrong though.

I guess it depends on the number of live donors too, as in those cases the extra one in the recipient is balanced out by the donor being down one!!

I love the juxtaposition of the user name and the question. Confused medical student? I need to know more.

I love the juxtaposition of the user name and the question. Confused medical student? I need to know more

I would hope not. Number of kidneys is basic gcse biology, to get as far as medical school this would be the easy stuff. I’d be bloody worried about a med student who’s anatomy knowledge is that shit.

Most lay people know we have 2 kidneys, it’s hardly specialist knowledge .

I've only got two left now, I gave the rest away.

@Nomoreusernames1244

I love the juxtaposition of the user name and the question. Confused medical student? I need to know more

I would hope not. Number of kidneys is basic gcse biology, to get as far as medical school this would be the easy stuff. I’d be bloody worried about a med student who’s anatomy knowledge is that shit.

Most lay people know we have 2 kidneys, it’s hardly specialist knowledge .

I wasn't being serious, apart from the bit about needing to know more. I suspect the op wasn't being serious either.

Usually 2 .however my ds was born with a blocked kidney and had a lot of scans and operations as a baby and young child .this would have caused problems for him later on and may have shrivelled leaving him with only one kidney left.i met people in the scan section of hospital with 3 small kidneys as well.

When My Ds was born the nurse did not note down the number of blood vessels in the umbilical cord, this was 30 years ago btw, so I assume that midwives routinely check the cord as the two vessels mean two kidneys.