What is Hemodialysis?
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Hemodialysis is use when people have kidney failure, \nThere are also the second options of Peritonial Dialysis. The difference to hemodialysis is it is a much more gentler type of dialysis. Normally people with kidney failure would start of with this type of dialysis. \nMost people on dialysis must have access such as Vistula this is to connect to the dialysis machine. Most people go on hemodialysis for three times a week, for 4 hours or five hours. Depending on their individual bodies.
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This is very serious!  If you have all of this information, I'm assuming you have a doctor.  In that case you would be placed on a specific diet for kidney dysfunction and on medication.  I would offer you advice, however, your doctor is your best bet.  PLEASE get some medical help.  There are nurses that can teach you how to eat/drink to improve your kidney function before you have to go on a dialysis machine.  Godloveya.
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No. The kidneys filter blood to eliminate nitrogen wastes from the breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids. Most of these nitrogen wastes are excreted as urea.
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Total Parenteral Nutrition\n\nTry this? http://www.espen.org/education/documents/Renalinsufficiency2.pdf
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In end stage renal disease (ESRD), the blood flow to the kidneys may be drastically reduced due to all the damage to the filtering structures in the kidney (the glomeruli).  Urine output decreases as a result, and toxic substances build up in the blood.  The sum effect of this is "uremia," a complex biochemical syndrome that results from this toxic buildup.  Blood urea nitrogen and creatinine are two blood markers that rise in renal disease.  Electrolyte levels can also become deranged in renal disease.\n\nDiabetes is one of the most common causes of end-stage renal disease.  ESRD is treated by dialysis several times per week -- essentially an artificial filter to take the place of the kindeys.  Renal transplant is often necessary.
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After kidney failure, various waste products can build up in the blood, and each kind can have different effects on your health. \n\nSalt can increase blood pressure, so you may be encouraged to reduce salt intake. (Salt also has the effect of increasing thirst, so it makes it more difficult for patients to restrict their fluid intake).  \n\nPotassium is a mineral which is found in the cells of body tissue, and any excess would normally be removed by the kidneys. Too high a level of potassium is bad for the heart - in extreme case it may even cause it to stop. \n\nPhosphate is a substance that is widely found in foods. It works very closely with the mineral calcium, and the healthy body keeps these two substances in balance. High phosphate levels may be associated with itch and over the longterm can damage blood vessels. \n\nProtein is an essential nutrient that enables the body to build muscles. Low levels of protein can lead to fluid retention and to a reduction of the body’s ability to fight off infections. \n\nSome patients may need vitamin B and C supplements. \nIron levels may drop and cause anaemia, this can be replaced with iron tablets.
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Intake and output is an easy way to distinguish kidney function.\n\nKidney function tests are vitally important, as when someone is in the hospital, if the kidneys quit; the person could die quickly.
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The two kidneys of humans are located behind the abdomen.  The kidneys regulate how much water, sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphate are in the blood.  The kidneys also remove waste products from the body such as uric acid.  Each kidney is filled with capillaries wrapped around very tiny nephrons which filter the blood.
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it is a system that comprises of the kidneys ,ureterand urethra where the function of this system is to collect the nitrogenous and other kind of harmful wastes and eliminate it from the body .this system also contains the sweat glands and the lungs as they eliminate the the wastes,regulate the temp of our body and release the harmful co2 from our body respectively .kidney forms stores and then eliminates the waste as urine from the body
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Fresenius is a company which manufactures dialysis machines.  The ADM 08 is one of their models.
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Yes. Actually, it consists of two small catheters.\n\nIt's usually placed in the internal jugular vein. The ends are then "tunneled" under the skin so the ports exit the skin 2-3" below the insertion site.\n\nMost commonly, it's used for hemodialysis.
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When you have dialysis, the process removes most things from your blood, including all of the sugar.  The result is low blood sugar.  Be sure to eat prior to dialysis & have a light snack after to help prevent this.
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A Hypotonic solution is one in which the concentration of electrolyte is below that in cells. In this situation osmotic pressure leads to the migration of water into the cells, in an attempt to equalize the electrolyte concentration inside and outside the cell walls. If the difference in concentration is significant, the cell walls may rupture, leading to the death of the cell. Consequently, it is vital that the electrolyte concentration of liquids used during blood transfusions be matched to that in cells.
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Dialysis tubing can come in various pore sizes that allow selective passage of materials. This is like a cell membrane that is also selective, but not really in terms of the size of the material. It has to do with the polarity (cell membrane is bipolar-has polar head with long, non-polar tail, but two chains of this with non-polar ends facing inward on the membrane and polar heads facing the outside of the membrane). Polar molecules (such as Na+ or K+) need to go through membrane-bound protein channels or receptors.
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Your answer is Medicare, not Medicaid.  Medicare covers dialysis treatments for end-stage kidney disease patients.  Talk to your mother's facility manager or social worker where she gets dialysis and they will assist you in making sure Medicare pays for the dialysis.\n\nFor more information, read Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services found at:\nhttp://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10128_LE.pdf
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What is kidney failure? \n\nThe function of the kidneys is, among other things, to get rid of the waste products that result from the body's metabolism. \n\nOne of the major by-products of the metabolism of protein (muscle) is urea. The kidneys remove the waste products by extracting them from the blood and sending them along the ureter to the bladder, from where they are excreted in the urine.\n\nIf the kidney function fails, the waste products accumulate in the blood and the body. The term for this build-up is azotaemia. \n\n \nTerm watch\n\nAzotaemia is the build up of waste products that accumulate in the blood and the body when the kidneys fail to function. \n \n \nVery mild levels of azotaemia may give little or no symptoms, but if the kidney failure continues then symptoms will start to appear. \n\nIf the kidney (or renal) failure is of sufficient degree to cause symptoms, it is called uraemia.\n\nWhat causes renal failure? \n\nRenal failure can happen rapidly - over days, weeks or months (acute renal failure) or slowly over a period of years (chronic renal failure).\n\n\nAcute renal failure\n\nThis may occur with any serious illness or operation, particularly those complicated by severe infection. If the blood supply to the kidneys is reduced considerably from blood loss, a fall in blood pressure, severe dehydration or lack of salt, then the kidneys may be damaged. If this problem lasts long enough there can be permanent damage to the kidney tissue.\n\nSudden blockage to the drainage of urine from the kidney can cause damage. A kidney stone is a possible cause of this. \n\nAcute kidney damage can occur as a rare side effect of some medications and other rare conditions. \n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nThere are many causes of chronic renal failure, including inflammatory conditions affecting the kidney tissue, as a complication of long-standing diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes), chronic blockage to the drainage of the kidneys and as a result of certain inherited conditions such as polycystic kidney disease. Often, the cause has occurred many years earlier and cannot be identified.\n\n\nWhat are the symptoms?\n\n\nAcute renal failure\n\nHere the symptoms are largely those of the condition causing the kidney failure, such as:\n\n\nblood loss, causing a drop in blood pressure.\n\n\nvomiting and diarrhoea, causing dehydration.\n\n\ncrush injuries. If large amounts of muscle are damaged there is a release of toxic protein substances that are harmful to the kidneys.\n\n\nSudden blockage of urine drainage.\n\n\n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nThe damage to the kidneys is usually 'silent' and not noticed at an early stage. It may be discovered incidentally from blood or urine tests done for other reasons. High blood pressure very commonly occurs with it. Symptoms are uncommon unless kidney failure is far advanced, when any of the following may be present:\n\n\ntiredness\n\n\nitching\n\n\nloss of appetite\n\n\nnausea and vomiting\n\n\nbreathlessness \n\n\nfluid retention, shown as ankle swelling (oedema)\n\n\nweakness.\n\n\n\n\nHow is renal failure treated? \n\n\nAcute renal failure \n\nMost causes of acute renal failure can be treated and the kidney function will return to normal with time. Replacement of the kidney function by dialysis (artificial kidney) may be necessary until kidney function has returned.\n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nChronic kidney damage is usually not reversible and if extensive, the kidneys may eventually fail completely. Dialysis or kidney transplantation will then become necessary.\n\nChronic kidney failure is a serious condition which needs urgent attention when it is diagnosed, but the kidney damage is usually 'silent' and not noticed at an early stage.\n\nOccasionally it may be possible to identify and treat the cause of the renal failure itself. More commonly the treatment has to be non-specific. In all cases, careful blood pressure control is extremely important in slowing the pr
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Hi, the way they explained it in my dad's case was that the excess calcuim was blocking up his kidneys.  The calcium comes from the bones as the cancer erodes them.  The kidneys can't handle too much, so dialysis may be required at some point.