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Kidney failure is a prevalent condition that cause due to various renal & urinary tract diseases.
Dialysis for kidney failure is the most common options suggested by the doctors to the sufferers.
Due to the kidney failure or improper functioning of kidneys, sometimes it gets worse, and wastes gets build up to high & dangerous levels in the blood.
Thus, causes complications which includes; poor nutritional health, nerve damage, anemia and high blood pressure.
What is Dialysis for kidney failure?
Dialysis for kidney failure is a life-support treatment
that utilizes special machine for filtering harmful salt,
wastes and surplus fluid from blood.
This returns blood to normal and healthy balance.
The treatment of Dialysis for kidney failure replaces a
number of functions.
Basically there are two types of kidney dialysis, such
as: Peritoneal dialysis & Hemodialysis.
In Hemodialysis, blood will be filtered using dialyzer &
dialysis machine, where as in Peritoneal dialysis blood
is filtered inside body after abdomen is occupied with
special cleaning solution.
When do patients require dialysis?
Dialysis for kidney failure is required when waste
products in the patient’s body become very high and
starts becoming sick.
Waste products levels increase gradually in the
patient’s body due to kidney failure.
Doctors measure various blood chemical levels in
order to decide when dialysis is required.
“creatinine level" and "blood urea nitrogen" (BUN) are
the two major blood chemical levels measured to check
the kidneys functioning.
The rise in these two levels, replicates the decreasing
ability of kidneys to cleanse the body from waste
products.
Usually, doctors suggest to undertake urine test—"creatinine clearance," to know the kidney functioning level.
For this test, patient saves urine in a container for complete one day. The useless products in the urine and blood are assessed by measuring creatinine.
The level of blood and urine helps the doctor in analyzing the functioning of kidneys.
This result is known as the creatinine clearance, if it falls to 10-12 cc/minute, then patient require dialysis for kidney failure.
How doctor will decide the type of dialysis for patient?
Initially, doctor will check patient’s complete health, personal preferences, kidney functioning and home situation in order to decide whether the patient should undergo peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis.
HemodialysisUsually, doctors recommend hemodialysis when the patients experiences symptoms such as: Vomiting Nausea Increased levels of potassium in the blood Excessive tiredness Increased levels of acid in the blood Swelling
Peritoneal dialysisA doctor will suggest a peritoneal dialysis because of the following conditions:
If Hemodialysis is not appropriate for the patient and If Hemodialysis is affecting patient’s daily actions
Advantages of Hemodialysis for kidney failure Hemodialysis is the often done by trained health
professionals.
Hemodialysis permits patients to be in contact with others having dialysis, which provides an emotional support.
Patients don't have to do it by themselves, as they do with peritoneal dialysis.
Patients do it for a lesser amount of time and on less days for each week than peritoneal dialysis.
Hemodialysis gives more flexibility
Advantages of Peritoneal dialysis for kidney failure
Provides more freedom than hemodialysis, can be done at home or in any clean place.
Can also be done during travelling No food and fluid restrictions as hemodialysis. No needles are used A vascular access is needless Perfect for children & patients with cardiac problems Improves the preservation of residual renal function Reduced risk of infection with HCV Less amyloidosis Less anemia
