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by go_to_hellas on April 29th, 2006

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If we are capable of living with one kidney, why do we have two?

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  • by Kayeee on May 5th, 2006

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    Simple. God made us that way. If we had not needed the dual action of two kidneys, we would not have been created or should I say designed that way by the master designer. Even though we can live without one kidney as we all know. I'm sure when a person has to live with one kidney, your body does have to adjust to a different level of funtioning without the other one. Check with a kidney specialist or look it up on line about the dual purpose of two kidneys as opposed to one kidney. Kidneys has to filter all the waste from out body, and the quicker the better, so two is better than one to get the job done. Now who could have thought up such a unique design except the master?

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    • Simply saying, "Because God said so," hardly helps answer the question

      go_to_hellas

      by go_to_hellas on May 7th, 2006

    • We don't need dual action kidneys. If you only have one kidney you function exactly the same as if you have two. Your one kidney is larger than 'normal'. I was born with one kidney and it is just chance that I found out I had one (from a bone scintigram). There were not medical abnormalities to suggest that I only had one.

      Not wanting to sound cocky buy I am a very good sportsman competing at a high level and having one kidney has never dragged me down.

      The 'reason' you have two kidneys is the same as why you have two testicles...(not two eyes, that is mainly for depth perception). They are not fully protected by the rib cage and are therefore vulnerable to impact. Large impacts cause bad results for kidneys and if both are gone death. People with two kidneys had a better survival rate (talking way back in the past) and were able to pass on that gene. That is why we have two

      Skull Face

      by Skull Face on January 22nd, 2008

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