When Should A Person Go For Dialysis

2014-06-04 03:51

When should a person go for dialysis? This is a common question for kidney failure patients. In this article, we will help you get further understanding of this question.

What is dialysis?

Dialysis is a replacement treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys fail to work normally. As we know, kidneys have the function of excreting the toxins and wastes in blood, and it can also help remove the excess water in blood. All these can help keep the balance of whole body.

However, for kidney failure patients, when their illness condition develops into end stage kidney failure, the kidneys will fail to work completely. In this condition, the toxins and wastes will build up in blood, and the fluid will also remain in blood, which will cause swelling and some other severe symptoms. And the long term of toxins and wastes build up in blood will damage other organs, which will make patients more and more weakness.

In this condition, kidney failure patients need to have dialysis to help remove the toxins and wastes in blood, and it can also help remove the water in blood, all these can help relieve the symptoms of patients.

When should a person go for dialysis?

When should a person go for dialysis is all depending on their own illness condition, here are some conditions that patients need to start dialysis.

1. When people have some severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, heart failure, skin itching, swelling, high blood pressure, etc, they will need to have dialysis, which can help relieve their symptoms.

2. When patients have a high creatinine level, which is higher than 5 mg/dl, they may need to have dialysis. Because the high creatinine level means their kidneys have been damaged severely, and their are many toxins and wastes build up in blood. If the toxins and wastes cant be excreted out, it will cause further damage to patients. In this condition, patients may need to have dialysis to remove the toxins and wastes in blood, which can help protect the kidneys.

Above are the conditions that kidney failure patients may need to go for dialysis, which can help improve their illness condition. If you still have some questions, you can contact with our online doctor, they will answer you freely.

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