Nephrology & Therapeutics

Renal Dialysis

Dialysis, a method of purifying the blood with artificial kidneys, is the most popular type of kidney transplantation therapy. There are various forms of dialysis, including:

1. Hemodialysis 2. Peritoneal dialysis

Hemodialysis: Patients with renal failure must undergo hemodialysis. Hemodialysis is the procedure of purifying blood using an artificial kidney. Making a "access" allows blood to be easily removed from the body and delivered to the artificial kidney for purification. This "access" is typically made in the forearm. The approach draws blood from the patient's body, purifies it in an artificial kidney, and then reinjects the cleaned blood back into the patient's body.

Peritoneal dialysis: No artificial kidneys are used in peritoneal dialysis. Instead of artificial kidneys, the peritoneum (the lining of your belly) is employed as a filter. There are two types of peritoneal dialysis: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis. Patients with renal disease receive peritoneal dialysis.