When Is Dialysis Required for Kidney Failure Patients

When your kidneys fail, you may need to depend on dialysis to keep you alive and functioning. However, it is a fact that no one kidney disease patient wants to experience this common kidney failure treatment. Then when is dialysis required for kidney failure patients?

When is dialysis required?

When should dialysis be started has no a direct relation with a creatinine level, which should be known by kidney failure patients. Doctors recommend dialysis according to patients’ own kidneys. For instance, if there are some obvious symptoms such as severe swelling, nausea and vomiting, shortness of breath and so on, or the serum potassium level exceeds 6.5mmol/L, then urgent dialysis should be started; otherwise it can be postponed.

How to avoid dialysis effectively?

If you have kidney failure but it has not reached a critical stage that requires dialysis, your doctor may treat it with medications like phosphate binders. You may also be instructed to avoid taking in excess fluid, salt and protein to prevent aggravating your condition.

Kidney failure patients should know that only medicines and healthy diet are not enough to avoid dialysis, because they cannot do anything to repair kidney damage and recover renal function. The only way can help avoid dialysis is to make kidneys work again. Nowadays, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, medicated bath, foot bath, oral Chinese herbal medicine and other Chinese therapies are commonly used in the clinic to help repair kidney damage and recove renal function through anti-inflammation, anti-coagulation, degradation, extending blood vessels, improving blood circulation, removing blood stasis and immune complexes out of body, offering kidneys nutrient and promoting DNA replication of damaged inherent cells.

That is how we help avoid dialysis treatment. If having any questions, feel free to email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com or directly consult online doctor, we are glad to help you more.