What Happens If Someone Stops Dialysis

2015-07-30 09:24

Dialysis is used to replace kidney to filter the blood, removing wastes and fluids in blood. It is usually recommended at stage 5 (end stage kidney disease), because in that stage, kidney function is lost more than 85%. And patients need to do dialysis for the rest of life. Then, what happens if someone stops dialysis?

Reason why patients with dialysis want to stop it

As we all know, dialysis has side effects on patients in the long term, causing low blood pressure, muscle cramps, skin itching and confusion. In this way, patients with dialysis may be very miserable. Moreover, it is very complicated and annoying. Patients with hemodialysis need an access for drain blood, and go to do three or four times a week. For peritoneal dialysis, patients need to do everyday. Patients with dialysis may think this is a burden for family. Thus, they want to get rid of all these.

What happens after stopping dialysis

If dialysis is stopped, wastes and fluids in blood can not be eliminated, leading to large buildup of wastes and toxins in body. Many parts or the whole body can be affected seriously, even causing heart disease and cardiovascular problems which are life-threatening. Symptoms of kidney failure appear obviously. Conditions of patients will deteriorate very fast, and death may come soon.

However, if patients with dialysis can find a good treatment to replace dialysis, life can be improved and prolonged. Chinese medicine can be a good substitute for dialysis, which can help repair kidney damage and recover kidney function gradually. In this way, kidney can eliminate many wastes and fluids from body through urine, alleviating symptoms and complications of kidney disease. what is more, Chinese medicine treatment is very convenient and easy to operate for patients, for instance, Foot Bath, Medicated Bath, Acupuncture, Hot Compress Therapy.

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