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Peritoneal dialysis uses a membrane inside your body (peritoneal membrane) as a filter to clear wastes and extra fluid from your body and to return electrolyte levels to normal. Unlike in center hemodialysis, you do not need to travel to a dialysis center for your treatment. Instead, after being trained at a dialysis center, you will do your treatment at home on your own schedule. Peritoneal dialysis can often be done at night, while you are sleeping.
You will need to have a catheter placed in your belly (dialysis access) before you begin dialysis. Placement is usually done 10 to 14 days before dialysis starts. Some peritoneal dialysis catheters may be used immediately (acute-use catheters). But because of a high risk of complications, these catheters are not commonly used.
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What are two types of dialysis?
There are two methods of dialysis in use: hemodialysis (blood dialysis) and peritoneal dialysis (dialysis in the abdominal cavity). In hemodialysis, the dialysis membrane is made up of cellophane or other synthetic material that assists in the removal of impurities from the blood by their passage through these semipermeable membranes in a fluid bath. In peritoneal dialysis, the surface area of the peritoneum acts as the membrane. Dialysis fluid is introduced into the peritoneal cavity and then periodically removed along with the waste products. This procedure may be done at intervals throughout the day or during the night.
Do you need dialysis if your liver is bad?
Dialysis is for kidney failure. It takes over the job for many of the kidney functions, and cleans the blood from build up of waste when you can't remove the fluid yourself through urination. The kidneys direct the body to replace your red blood cells, and regulates the storage of Vitamin D. Protein is hard on kidneys that are failing, so a special diet is usually recommended. Once you are on dialysis, you will need more protein again. Dialysis is typically done 3 times a week and for about 4 hours per session. You can go to a dialysis center, or if you are able to manage it, use a dialysis machine at home. There is a type of dialysis that uses your own body to circulate the fluids that draw out the waste, called Peritoneal Dialysis.
How do renal insufficiency may be corrected by the use of Dialysis?
dialysis works just like our kidneys. if for some reason our kidneys fail to filter our blood, then dialysis is done. in dialysis our blood is filtered to remove waste products. dialysis can be done in two ways haemodialysis---it makes use of a kidney machine or artificial kidney containig a fluid with adjusted compostion. during this process the blood i pumped from the body through a tube into the fluid through a semi permeable membrane present in the fluid. this way by passing through the semi permeable membrane the nitrognenous wastes and excess salts are diffused out from the blood into the fluid. then the blood is returned into the body. this proces takes 6 to 10 hours and is to be done three times a week peritoneal dialysis----it requires abdominal incision . a cathetar is inserted through this incision inot the peritoneal cavity. a fluid bag is attached to the cathetar from the outside. in this way the fluid enters the peritoneal cavity of our body and purifies our blood. after sometime the fluid is tkane out of the peritoneal cavity back into the bag. this process takes an hour and is reapeated day or overnight the major difference between the two dialysis processes is that in the first process the blood is taken out of our body and then filtered.it is a long and lengthy process and very painful while in the second process the fluid itself is inserted into our our body and then blood is purified. this is a realtively quicker way
Use of a machine that filters waste from the blood?
It seems to me the answer could be dialysis or plasmapheresis.
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