What is an dialysis machine?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

For people who's kidneys have shut down, they have to get hooked up to a dialysis everyday to flush out their kidneys. I learned this last year, and im only in 7th.

there are 2 ways to do it :

1) you can put a catheter it your tummy and do it 4 times a day

this is not painful just have to keep the exit site very clean and i mean very clean.

2) there is this type a procedure call a fistula they put that in your arm. this you have to go to the center 3 times a week and are limited to what you can drink and eat and hear that it wipes you out .

I got the catheter put in my stomach it hurt for the first 2 days then after that was ok but it was very hard the things they teach you so much to learn but once you get the hang of it it OK but the bleach water is very hard on your hands took a month after i got to get my hands soft again

Answer 3

A dialysis machine is sometimes referred to as an "artificial kidney". It performs the same tasks as the kidney, removing waste products from the blood.