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Can dialysis cure kidney failure? I am afraid the answer is No! Dialysis relace failed kidneys to purify blood, but it can not repair kidney damages, so dialysis can not cure kidney failure.
What is dialysis?
Dialysis is a medical procedure in which a machine with a filtration membrane is applied to separate wastes and blood which finally flow back to patient’s body. Dialysis works on the principles of diffusion of solutes and ultrafiltration of fluid across a semi-permeable membrane.
How does dialysis help kidney failure patients?
Kidney is an important internal organ with function of discharging toxins and wastes. For kidney failure patients, their kidneys are damaged seriously and fail to expel these harmful substances which may thus exist in the blood and damage their other organs. This is the reason why kidney failure patients need to do dialysis to purify their blood.
Dialysis helps to remove these toxins out of their blood and thus reduce their risk of developing other complications like heart failure, digestive problems, never problems and respiratory problems.
Can dialysis cure kidney failure?
Dialysis can not cure kidney failure, as it only helps to clean blood and can not help to repair kidney damages. For kidney failure patients with dialysis, they need to do dialysis regularly, so as to make sure the clean of their blood. Usually, the dialysis frequency for kidney failure patients depend on their illness condition and the dialysis type.
It clinic, many kidney failure patients have the misconception that once they start dialysis, they can not stop. Dialysis can not cure kidney failure, so patients need to rely on it. However, it does not mean all the dialysis have no chance to get rid of dialysis. Kidney failure patients need to do dialysis because of high toxins in their blood which is generally measured with creatinine level, so as long as their kidney function is improved and their kidneys can help to keep toxins level in a certain range, they can live without dialysis.
