Successful pregnancy while on dialysis is possible This study actually began 10 years ago, and that’s when the first woman in one of our nocturnal dialysis programs became pregnant. And we weren’t aware of how she would do at the time- she actually did remarkably well and carried to term.We felt that was because of […]
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Explanation: How does Dialysis work?
How does Dialysis work? They produce urine, thereby removing excess water and toxins, produce hormones, regulate mineral levels and blood pressure, make VitaminD, and maintain the body’s acid-base balance. Every day these versatile organs cleanse all the body’s blood about three-hundred times.If the kidneys become diseased or fail, it’s serious health problem because excess water […]
Dialysis Treatment – Details article
Dialysis Treatment I was obviously retaining fluid and the only reason I knew that was I popped buttons off my pants so I have a very conscious memory of being… “Awesome I’m finally putting on weight” because I was a scrawny little 18-year-old. And that was it. Changed pants and went to school. My buddies […]
Renal Replacement Therapy: Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis, Animation
Dialysis is a therapy that artificially removes wastes from the blood of patients whose kidneys can no longer perform this function adequately.There are two main types of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In hemodialysis, blood is filtered outside the body, in a dialysis machine.The patient’s blood is pumped to the machine, cleansed, then returned to […]
Having a baby while on dialysis for kidney failure
The day that Audrey arrived I felt like it was my birthday too like I was finally alive my name is Elizabeth hill and I’m 34 years old and I’m a stay-at-home mom I was diagnosed with lupus right after I graduated high school my aspirations were to go to college and maybe get a […]
Peritoneal Dialysis by Dr. Sharon Su. – Pediatric Nephrologist.
Peritoneal Dialysis by Dr. Sharon Su. Introduction. Hello, my name is Dr. Sharon Su. I’m a Pediatric Nephrologist. Today I’m going to talk to you about peritoneal dialysis. First off, we need to define what peritoneal dialysis is. Number one is the use of the peritoneal membrane to do three things. One is to remove […]
Dialysis Treatments – Explained
I was obviously retaining fluid and the only reason I knew that was I popped buttons off my pants so I have a very conscious memory of being… “Awesome I’m finally putting on weight” because I was a scrawny little 18-year-old. And that was it. Changed pants and went to school. My buddies looked at […]