Dialysis


When kidneys fail, dialysis removes waste and extra fluid from the blood. It frequently entails directing blood into a machine in order to have it cleansed. The accumulation of waste materials and fluid in your body might reach potentially harmful levels. If treatment is not received, this might result in a range of side effects and could even be fatal in the long run. Before this occurs, the undesired compounds and fluids in the blood are removed from the body using dialysis.

Why choose Altor Hospitals for Dialysis?

Altor Hospital's nephrologists have extensive experience identifying and treating both sudden and ongoing cases of kidney disease in patients of all ages. Whether a patient has just been diagnosed with renal failure or is in need of maintenance treatment for chronic kidney failure, our medical team is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of each individual. Our goal is to facilitate a more relaxed and hassle-free lifestyle for you.

Dialysis Procedure: What Really Happens

Haemodialysis

A tube is connected to a needle during the procedure in your arm. Blood travels through the tube and is then filtered outside of the body before returning through a different tube to the arm.

This is often done at dialysis facilities three days a week, for around four hours each session. You might also do it at home. A home dialysis schedule might look something like this:

  1. Once a week for four hours.

  2. Five times every week for three hours

  3. 8 hours every night, six days per week


Peritoneal dialysis

The peritoneum, the inside lining of your belly, serves as the filter in peritoneal dialysis instead of a machine. The peritoneum functions as a filter by having hundreds of microscopic blood vessels, similar to the kidneys.

A cut (incision) is made close to your belly button before treatment begins, and a catheter is placed through the cut and into the abdomen's interior region (the peritoneal cavity). This remains in place indefinitely.

Through the catheter, fluid is pushed into the peritoneal cavity. Waste materials and extra fluid are taken out of the blood and into the dialysis fluid as blood flows through the blood vessels lining the peritoneal cavity.

A few hours later, the spent fluid is emptied into a bag, and new fluid is added in its place.

Changing the fluid typically requires between 30 and 40 minutes and should be done four times daily.

If you'd like, a machine could take care of this while you slept last night.

FAQs

It varies. Kidney failure may occasionally only be a short-term issue, in which case dialysis can be discontinued once your kidneys have recovered. However, kidney failure patients frequently require kidney transplants.

Since a kidney transplant is not always possible right away, dialysis may be required while waiting for a suitable donor kidney to become available.

Haemodialysis are the two basic types of dialysis, and each has unique benefits, prerequisites, and scheduling possibilities. Your doctor and you should decide on the best type of dialysis for you based on your health, lifestyle, and other variables.

No. Dialysis partially replaces the functions of healthy kidneys but does not treat kidney disease. Unless you are able to have a kidney transplant, you will require dialysis treatments for the rest of your life.

The insertion of the needles into your fistula or graft may cause you some discomfort, but most patients experience no significant issues. Dialysis itself causes little discomfort. Some people, though, can experience a reduction in blood pressure. If this occurs, you can experience cramping, nausea, a headache, or vomiting. Regular treatments usually solve those issues.