Can dialysis be a life saving option discuss
Answer:-Dialysis is a life-saving process that is expected to increase your life expectancy if you have end-stage renal disease (ESRD). If dialysis is a treatment option for you, your doctor will discuss the risks and benefits, as well as optimal timing.
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Dialysis and kidney transplant are both treatments for kidney failure
You don't have to feel "locked in" to any one type of dialysis. There are advantages and disadvantages for each. If you wish to change your current treatment choice, speak to your healthcare professional.
Even if you are already receiving dialysis, it may be possible to have a kidney transplant
When you are on dialysis, it is important for you to:
Come to every dialysis treatment and stay for the entire treatment.
Learn what you can do to keep as much kidney function as you have left - and do it!
Do your part to help manage the complications of kidney disease and kidney failure
Heart and blood vessel problems
Anemia (low red blood cell count)
Bone problems
High blood pressure
Poor nutritional health (i.e. happens when you are not getting enough important nutrients and energy for your body to function and stay healthy)
Manage any other health problems you may have that could cause your condition to get worse, such as diabetes
What is Kidney Failure?
Kidney failure does not happen overnight. In the early stages of kidney disease, there are few, if any, symptoms. Symptoms usually show up late in the process. Kidney failure is the end result of a typically gradual loss of kidney function. The most common causes of kidney failure are diabetes and high blood pressure. Kidney failure happens when:
85-90% of kidney function is gone
GFR falls below 15
Kidneys don't work well enough to keep you alive
As your kidneys failed, the level of creatinine in your blood rose. The amount of creatinine in your blood is a factor used in calculating your GFR (glomerular filtration rate, a measure of kidney function). As creatinine goes up, GFR goes down. In kidney failure some of you may have nausea, vomiting, a loss of appetite, weakness, increasing tiredness, itching, muscle cramps (especially in the legs) and anemia (a low blood count). With treatment for kidney failure, these symptoms will improve and you will begin to feel much better.
There is no cure for kidney failure, but with treatment it is possible to live a long, fulfilling life. Having kidney failure is not a death sentence. People with kidney failure live active lives and continue to do the things they love.
Treatments for Kidney Failure
The two treatments for kidney failure are kidney transplantation and dialysis. Two different types of dialysis can be done - hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
Kidney Transplantation. This is an operation that places a healthy kidney into your body. The kidney can come from someone who has died or from a living donor. A new kidney will usually function immediately. You will need special medicines to prevent your body from rejecting the new kidney. If rejection happens, dialysis is needed and you can consider a second transplant. A kidney transplant is a treatment, not a cure. Kidney transplant recipients still have chronic kidney disease, and you may still need some of the other medicines they took before the transplant.
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