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Dialysis is a procedure that removes the waste products and excess fluid from the blood that the kidneys are unable to eliminate. Dialysis completes the function normally performed by kidneys when they are healthy. 

Dialysis explained in first person

Professionals and patients explain how you live with the disease
Look at the positive side of it; it is the solution to a medical problem. It is difficult and annoying. But you have to look for ways of entertaining yourself during these periods.

Dialysis is a procedure that removes the waste products and excess fluid from the blood that the kidneys are unable to eliminate. Dialysis completes the function normally performed by kidneys when they are healthy. 

There are two types of dialysis: haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In some cases the choice of one method over the other depends strictly on medical criteria. However, in several cases the patient plays an important role in the decision-making process.

It is a lifelong treatment, except in cases where the patient recovers kidney function, which is very rare, or receives a kidney transplant. 

Read more Haemodialysis
Chronic Kidney Failure
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Substantiated information by:

Anna Yuguero
Bárbara Romano Andrioni
Manel Vera Rivera
Marta Quintela Martínez
María Teresa López Alonso
Montserrat Monereo Font
Ángeles Mayordomo Sanz

Published: 20 February 2018
Updated: 20 February 2018

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