Is Peritoneal Dialysis Proper For Kidney Failure Patients

Is peritoneal dialysis proper for kidney failure patients? Peritoneal dialysis suits for most kidney failure patients. It is safe, convenient and economic. Almost all kidney patients can take peritoneal dialysis.

What is peritoneal dialysis?

With Peritoneal dialysate, peritoneal dialysis can remove metabolic products, toxic substances, correct fluid, electrolyte and acid-based balance. Simply speaking, peritoneal dialysis can keep useful substances in your body and remove wastes out so as to prolong patients’ life.

What is the advantage of peritoneal dialysis?

Peritoneal dialysis can protect residual kidney function. If your kidneys are damaged but there are still residual kidney function, hemodialysis may damage residual kidney function and change blood flow, which is able to cause myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia while peritoneal dialysis can has little effect on kidney function, heart and blood circulation. Besides, you can take peritoneal dialysis in any clean places. It is convenient for tripping. Time and degree of freedom in peritoneal dialysis is flexible so patients can have a flexible life autonomy. Peritoneal dialysis operates simply and conveniently. Renal biopsy is not necessary. The cost is a little lower than hemodialysis.

Can dialysis treat kidney failure radically?

No, it can only discharge wastes and excess fluid from your blood but it fails to repair kidney damage and improve renal function. That is, if you take dialysis, you need to take it for your whole life. Besides, with dialysis treatment, you finally stop urinating and may suffer from a series of symptoms like low blood pressure, infection, muscle cramp and heart disease,etc. More and more patients do not wanna dialysis. In this condition, patients can choose alternatives. Here we recommend Toxin-Removing Treatment which includes a series of Chinese medicine therapies such as Medicated Bath, Medicated Foot Bath, Medicinal Soup, Mai Kang Mixture, Moxibustion Therapy and Enema Therapy, etc. They first cleanse your blood and then improve renal function through dilating blood vessels, improving blood circulation, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix and providing nutrients. When renal function is improved, it is able to reduce dialysis times or even help patients avoid dialysis.