Hemodialysis

About Hemodialysis

Hemodialysis, or dialysis, it's one life savin treatment for people with kidney failure, it helps patient remove extra fluid and waste products from the blood. There are three main renal replacement therapies: Hemodialysis, kidney transplant and peritoneal dialysis.

Uses

Dialysis is helpful for two different situations: Acute Kidney injury and Kidney failure.

How it works

Dialysis machine works as an artificial kidney:

1. 1. Removing waste and extra fluids in patient's body;

2. 2. Keeping safe levels of minerals in patient's blood;

3. 3. Regulate patient's blood pressure.

Dialysis machine has a dialyzer to clean patien's blood. Get the blood to the dialyzer, a doctor will make an opening into one of patient's blood vessels, usually in your arm, it's called a vascular access.

There are two sides of the dialyzer: one for blood and the other for dialysate and the membrane separates these two sides.

Blood cells, proteins, and cells remain in patient's blood. They don't pass through the membrane as big size. Some smaller waste products, such as urea, creatinine and extra fluid, remove from patient's blood through the membrane.

Effectiveness

Hemodialysis is a effective treatment option for clearing waste products and extra fluid from patient's blood. Nurses perform treatments for the patient, Patients usually only have three treatments per week.

Side effects

Hemodialysis has some side effects: Blockage in patient's vascular access site; Muscle cramps; Low blood pressure; Weakness, dizziness, or nausea; Blood loss.

Hemodialysis Consumables

Hemodialysis therapy uses many consumables, such as Dialyzer, Blood Tubing sets, AV Fistula Needle, Dialysis Catheter kit, Dialysate and so on.