How Long Does Dialysis Prolong Your Life

In ESRD, if you do not start dialysis early, your life may be threatened. Therefore, dialysis is often used as a way for ESRD patients to prolong life. How long does dialysis prolong your life? Let’s have a quick look.

Dialysis can prolong your life, but it affects your living quality.

Different patients have different conditions, so they have different life expectancy. For example, for some dialysis patients, they can only live within 2 years. For some other patients, they can live more than 10 years or even 15 years. In general, dialysis can help you prolong your life to 5 years. But with dialysis going on, there will be a lot of symptoms and complications, such as skin itching, muscle cramp, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, bone problems, heart failure, etc. Therefore, your living quality will greatly affected. That is why more and more patients want to stop dialysis.

Dialysis is not the only way to prolong your life.

Dialysis is no more the only way for you to prolong your life. Besides dialysis, there are many kinds of treatments to help you cleanse the blood. In Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, we use Toxin-Removing Treatment. This therapy is a combination of Chinese medicine therapies, such as medicated foot bath, medicated full bath, enema therapy, steam therapy, circle therapy, etc. They can not only eliminate waste products from the blood, but also draw to toxins out of the renal cells. Besides, they can dilate blood vessels and remove stasis to improve blood circulation. And they can also help regulate blood sugar level and lower blood cholesterol level. In such a good blood environment, the damaged kidneys will heal themselves and regain their ability. And then it is possible for you to stay away from dialysis and lead a normal life.

How long does dialysis prolong your life? If you want to prolong your life, while improving your living quality, dialysis is not a good choice. Maybe you can take Toxin-Removing Treatment into consideration. For more information on this therapy and our hospital, please leave a message below or contact online doctor directly.