Life Expectancy for Patients with Heart and Kidney Failure on Dialysis

2015-09-21 07:59

Heart failure and kidney failure are both very dangerous and very tough for our health. Dialysis is needed when kidney function is usually lost more than 85% to replace kidney to filter the blood. Heart failure affects blood transportation, which leads to hard breath. What is the life expectancy for patients with heart and kidney failure on dialysis?

Exact life expectancy depends on how much function kidney and heart are left and how serious other complications are indeed. Patients should get proper treatment to slow down development of disease.

1. a healthy diet

combine heart friendly food with kidney friendly food together. In addition, low protein, low phosphorus, low potassium, low salt are necessary in daily life. It is suggested to consult doctors or dietitians to set up a planned diet in detail.

2. Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine can promote blood circulation, expand blood vessels, prevent inflammation, degrade fibrosis. In this way, the whole body system can be regulated well with Chinese medicine. Kidney and heart are under improvement little by little. In addition, complications get alleviated effectively from the root. Deterioration of disease will be prevented. Thus, life expectancy get prolonged. The other way around, if can not find a good treatment, kidney and heart failure will be more serious, and heart attack can happen, which may lead to death for patients.

Hence, good diet and right treatment are the best way to prolong life expectancy of patients with kidney heart failure on dialysis. Besides, it varies from one to another, because many factors can affect life expectancy including age, physical condition, gender, race, etc. dialysis has side effects on people, and patients should talk about it with doctors in detail to alleviate side effects. any question, please leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. reply will be given very soon. 

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