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If a persons kidneys fail why are they hooked up to a dialysis machine?
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What is the proper name for a artificial kidney machine?
An artificial kidney - is a dialysis machine. A patient is 'hooked up' to the machine via an intravenous needle - and their blood is drawn through a series of filters and cleansers, before being returned to the patient's body. The process takes from 3 to 5 hours, and is carried out three times a week..
What are the advantage of having a kidney transplant rather than kidney machine?
A kidney does a better job of cleaning the blood than the dialysis machine, and of course you don't have to be hooked up.
Can't all patients that have terminal kidney disease go on dialysis?
No. Dialysis is very expensive and few people could actually afford it out of their own finances. Most insurance companies only cover dialysis for acute (temporary) illnesses. Once a patient goes on dialysis for a chronic problem, he/she will have to use dialysis for the rest of their lives (or until they get a transplant). A persons kidneys remove waste and toxins 24/7. Dialysis only works when the patient is hooked to the machine. Thus, the body is subject to alternating high and low levels of salt, waste, poison in the blood. This causes damage to the other parts of the body and does not address the root problem of the kidney failure. For those who are sick enough to have failing kidneys, this high and low levels can actually harm them. Some patients are not strong enough to handle the process of being hooked up to the machines all day. For other patients it is a quality of live versus quantity of life issue. Since dialysis eventually fails for all patients it is not a cure - it only buys some extra time. For some patients it is better to be off daily dialysis for a few months then suffer daily dialysis for several months. In short some people can not go on dialysis because of a lack of funding, for some it does more harm, some are not strong enough to handle dialysis, for many it does not help the condition, and for many dialysis does not add enough time to overcome the loss of quality living.
What is crrt when it comes to dialyasis?
CRRT stands for continuous renal replacement therapy. This means that a person is permanently hooked up to a machine that helps their kidneys function properly.
What about when you are on dialysis how long does THC take to get out of your system on dialysis?
I dont think so, because even though dialysis cleans out all toxins from your body, dialysis is at the same time working as a kidney right?...Well, if the kidneys job is to filter out toxins, how come people with healthy kidneys drug tests come up positive? Its an iffy situation...I guess the only way to find out is to be a dialysis patient, smoke some marijuana...After that, finish a dialysis session then go get tested and let me know how it turns out I am on dialysis and have been surprized tested and was negatve after smoking 2 weeks prior nota heavy smoker now but after 3 days of dialysis per week I was clean sooner than if I didn't have dialysis takes 30 days to clear the body?
How can you treat kidney failure?
Treatment for kidney failure may involve dialysis to filter waste and excess fluid from the blood. In some cases, a kidney transplant may be necessary to replace the failed kidney with a healthy one. Medications and lifestyle changes, such as monitoring diet and managing blood pressure, may also be part of the treatment plan.
What is the process of dialysis?
Dialysis is a procedure by which waste products which would normally be removed by the kidneys are removed by diffusions across a semipermeable membrane. This procedure is done when the kidneys have failed, or when a dangerous toxin is present in the blood and needs to be removed quickly.There are two kinds of dialysis for renal failure: hemodialysis, where the blood is filtered through a machine; and peritoneal dialysis, where the abdominal peritoneal lining is used as the semipermeable membrane across which the toxins are filtered.Each of these methods has benefits and drawbacks. You should talk to your physician if you or a loved one need or are contemplating dialysis.Dialisys is a treatment people need to go through when they don't have working kidneys. The person is hooked up to a machine that filters all the toxins out of their blood. The blood goes through a filter that has tons of tiny little tubes representing the nephrons in the kidney, then the clean blood is pumped back into the person. This is done about three times a week, and takes 6 hours.Dialysis is the method used in hospitals to 'scrub' the blood when someone has lost kidney function. The blood carries with it all kinds of poisons and contaminants that, if they should build up in the bloodstream, be fatal. The function of the kidneys is to filter all the contaminants out of the blood stream, and it does this constantly. Should a person lose a kidney, or go into renal failure (kidneys don't work), dialysis is recommended. Here's how it works. The dialysis machine removes the blood from the body (all of it, over time), filters out the contaminants, and moves it back into the body. This takes a horrible toll on a person, and usually requires a lengthy recovery afterwards.
Why would you need to get a kidney transplant?
If a kidney does not work properly, some patients are put on dialysis, a machine that will do the work of the kidneys - filtering germs and other things from the body. Other times, people receive a kidney transplant. This is when the kidney of someone else is put into your body to work for you.
Why isn't hemodialysis a perfect substitute for kidney function?
Because you are hooked up to a machine mororn
What is an dialysis machine?
It is a machine that performs the task of your kidneys. Because you Kidneys don't work you can not get rid of the impurities and excess water in you blood. So by first off mixing up a solution similar to that of healthy blood and then pumping blood out of the body and one way through an external filter and the solution (mixed by the machine) the opposite way through the filter, it is then "osmosis" takes place and all the "bad stuff" gets sucked from the blood through a membrane (external filter) and washed to drain with the spent solution, and the "clean blood is returned to the body. This is basic dialysis, The machine has the task of maintaining quality of the Dialysate solution (temp, conductivity, flow rate etc..) as well as the blood (temp, blood flow speed etc..) also by using sensors pre external filter it takes a measurement and compares it to a measurement taken post filter before the blood is returned and will give you your "clearance" and indication of the efficiency of you treatment. The machine can also perform ultra filtration, this means sucking excess fluid off that would usually be passed in urine. This is my very very basic explanation of how it all works, hope it helps, cheers Simple - filter blood
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