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Dialysis

Healthy kidneys clean your blood by removing excess fluid, minerals, and wastes. They also make hormones that keep your bones strong and your blood healthy. But if the kidneys are damaged, they don't work properly. Harmful wastes can build up in your body. Your blood pressure may rise. Your body may retain excess fluid and not make enough red blood cells. This is called kidney failure.

If your kidneys fail, you need treatment to replace the work they normally do. The treatment options are dialysis or a kidney transplant. Each treatment has benefits and drawbacks. No matter which treatment you choose, you'll need to make some changes in your life, including how you eat and plan your activities. But with the help of health care providers, family, and friends, most people with kidney failure can lead full and active lives.

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  1. Kidney Failure (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... make enough red blood cells. This is called kidney failure. If your kidneys fail, you need treatment to ... care providers, family, and friends, most people with kidney failure can lead full and active lives. NIH: National ...
  2. Dialysis treats end-stage kidney failure . It removes waste from your blood when your kidneys can no longer do their job. There are different types of ...
  3. Dialysis treats end-stage kidney failure. It removes harmful substances from the blood when the kidneys cannot. This article focuses on peritoneal dialysis.
  4. If you need dialysis for kidney disease, you have a few options for how to receive treatment. Many people have dialysis in a treatment center. This article focuses on hemodialysis at a treatment center.
  5. Learn about Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), including symptoms, causes and life expectancy ...
  6. ... infancy and typically leads to irreversible kidney failure (end-stage renal disease) by early childhood. Children with congenital nephrotic syndrome ... syndrome.Children with congenital nephrotic syndrome typically develop end-stage renal disease between ages 2 and 8, although with treatment, ...
  7. ... working. The final stage of CKD is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). At this stage, the kidneys are no ... damage How well you take care of yourself Kidney failure is the last stage of CKD. This is ...
  8. Acute kidney failure is the rapid (less than 2 days) loss of your kidneys' ability to remove waste and help ... Symptoms of acute kidney failure may include any of the following: Bloody stools Breath odor and metallic taste in the mouth Bruising easily Changes ...
  9. ... www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/kidney-failure/hemodialysis . Updated January 2018. Accessed September 11, 2023. ...
  10. ... www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/kidney-failure/hemodialysis . Updated January 2018. Accessed September 11, 2023. ...
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