Refusing Dialysis? What Would You Expect

Patients with advanced kidney disease that develops to stage 5 have two options when it comes to managing their disease, either beginning dialysis or getting a kidney transplant. But what if a patient cannot have, or does not want any of these options for any reason.

Would my life span be shortened if I refuse dialysis?

Given the small amount of data, these are not easy questions to answer. But we do not have more data about life span in patients do choose dialysis. Expected survival for patients on dialysis could vary from 8 years to 4.5 years. This is usually fluctuating because it depends on patients’ age, nutritional status, and presence of other co-existing disease conditions like ischemic heart disease, and cancer, etc.

Is there any treatment to prolong lifespan without dialysis?

An alternative to dialysis is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. It is different from dialysis which is to alleviate symptoms by discharging wastes out of the body. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a therapy used to repair injured kidney lesions and improve kidney function. When kidney function is improved, wastes and toxins can be removed naturally and effectively. This therapy is not a replacement method but a curative therapy. Through dilating blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading exracellular matrix and providing necessary nutrients, damaged kidney intrinsic cells can be restored and kidney function will gradually be improved. With enhanced kidney function, it is possible to live longer without dialysis.

If you want to live longer but do not want to take dialysis or kidney transplant, there are many alternative remedies like Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Foot Bath and Mai Kang Mixture, etc in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital waiting for you.