Do I Have to Do Dialysis to Maintain My Life with ESRD

When you reach ESRD, your damaged kidney can not filter the waste from the blood. If these waste is not removed from the blood timely, they may threaten your life. Dialysis may be the most common used kidney replacement therapy to maintain your life. But do I have to do dialysis to maintain my life with ESRD? No, of course not.

Dialysis is the most common used way, but it is not the only way. There are also other therapies to take over part of kidney function to filter waste.

Kidney transplant

Kidney transplant is another favored therapy by kidney patients, because this treatment is to put a healthy kidney to take the place of the damaged ones to work, which allows you to live a normal life. But kidney transplant is not available to every patient due to various reasons, such as expenditure and kidney sources.

Western therapies

Besides dialysis, there are plasma exchange, immune absorption, blood perfusion, hemofiltration, CAVH, etc. These therapies can also help you purify the blood.

Chinese therapies

TCM does not include herbs, but also external therapies. Some therapies, such as medicated bath, foot bath, enema therapy and circle therapy can make use of the different organs to draw toxins out of your body. They can also improve blood circulation by dilating blood vessels and removing blood stasis. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can even help your kidneys repair themselves by its anti-inflammation and extracellular matrix degradation. When your kidney function improves, you can avoid dialysis.

ESRD is not death sentence and dialysis is not the only way. If you want to know more information about our treatment, please contact online doctor. They can help you make a personalized treatment plan according to your medical condition.