Kidney Disease Treatments

Some time kidney’s damages to an extent that they no longer work. If kidney fails, then need to replace their function to clean the blood by filter out wastes.

If kidney failure, needs to replace their function either by dialysis or replace it with a new kidney (kidney transplant). Because of better blood glucose control and good rates of survival following treatment, doctors start recommending dialysis and kidney transplantation to people with diabetes.

Dialysis is an artificial way of cleaning the blood with an artificial kidney. There are two types of dialysis; hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

Surgery is needed to make a way to bring the blood from the body and sent back after cleaning. This way (path) is usually made at the forearm using patients own blood vessel or a piece of implanted tubing and cannot be seen from outside. After this surgery dialysis is started only after 2 to 3 months, time allotted to heal. Hemodialysis must be done 2 to 3 times a week and it will take 3 to 5 hours to complete on dialysis session.

Lning inside the abdomen called peritoneum can be used as blood purifying filter. A soft plastic tube is places in the abdomen by performing a surgery. After the body heals cleansing fluid called dialysate is poured into the abdomen through this tube. Waste products in the blood pass through the peritoneum and get mixed with dialysate. Then the dialysate is drained out along with the waste. It has to be done some 4 to 5 times a day and it takes about 30 to 45 minutes.

Transplants are most successful when the kidney comes from a living relative. Another option is a cadaver kidney (a kidney from an unrelated person who has just died). The success ratio is high for kidney transplant from a living relative than cadaver kidney. A good match is most important when using a kidney from a living donor.

Kidney transplants are safe to peoples who do not have heart or blood vessel disease. Before get a transplant, doctor will check the circulatory system to see if it is healthy enough to risk the operation.