Can PKD Patients End Dialysis If They Have Done it for 8 Years

2014-09-04 01:52

Is it possible for a PKD patient who has been on dialysis for 8 years to get rid of dialysis? PKD is not deadly if it is controlled in early stage, but when it causes kidney failure, dialysis is needed. Dialysis is life-saving, but no one wants to live his rest of life by dialysis as it is so painful. Clinical studies report the longer time PKD patients do dialysis, the lower their survival rate is. For this reason, PKD patients always want to delay dialysis or avoid dialysis. And for many of them who have been on dialysis for many years, they even want to end dialysis. Well, is it possible for PKD patients who have been on dialysis for as long as 8 years to get rid of dialysis without putting their life in danger?

In general, the shorter time that patients on dialysis, the higher chance they have to end dialysis. 8 Years dialysis is a very long time. For PKD patients who have been on dialysis, if they do not urinate over a half of year, kidney transplant is suggested as they receive less treatment effects, but for these who still have good urine output, there is great chance for them to get rid of dialysis.

Kidney is responsible for filtering blood and producing urine. When kidney function is affected due to PKD, kidneys will filter less blood and consequently, urine output decreases. For PKD patients who have been on dialysis for 8 years, a good urine output means their residual kidney tissues are protected well and their kidney can still filter some blood. Under such a condition, there is chance for medicine to flow into kidney to repair some injured kidney tissues.That is the reason why urine output plays the decisive role in assessing a person’ chance to get rid of dialysis.

Besides, for PKD patients who are on dialysis, they can not end dialysis casually. Kidney helps to purify blood, so large amounts of toxins build up in the blood when kidney shuts down. Dialysis is applied to help damaged kidneys cleanse blood, so patients’ life is seriously threatened if they get rid of dialysis casually without improving kidney function. For PKD patients, their kidneys are damaged due to kidney cysts which enlarge over time. For them, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy combined with other Chinese medicines like Mai Kang mixture and foot bath is recommended. With this special treatment method, not only their kidney function can be improved well, their cysts in kidney can be shrunk successfully.

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