Acute kidney failure can be fatal and requires intensive treatment. However, acute kidney failure may be reversible. If you're otherwise in good health, you may recover normal or nearly normal kidney function.
winding - the act of winding or twisting; he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind. wind, twist. rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music.
twisting, winding, 1610s; see serpent + -ine (1). An earlier adjective meaning having the evil qualities of a serpent is recorded from late 14c., from the French source of serpentine (n.). The winding lake of that name in Hyde Park, London, was constructed in 1730.