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Dialysis Dialysis is a treatment to clean the blood when the kidneys are not able to. It helps your body remove waste and extra fluids in the blood. It does some of the work that the kidneys did when they were healthy. A healthy, working kidney can remove fluid and waste 24 hours a day. Dialysis can only do 10-15% of what a normal kidney does. Your doctor will be the best judge to recommend you dialysis at a time when any other option is not viable. The table below will help you compare between the types of dialysis available in India How long can I survive with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) without Dialysis? It varies. People who decide not to start dialysis at all or to stop dialysis may live from a few weeks to a few months. It depends on their overall health and other chronic health conditions they have. Managing kidney failure without doing dialysis is called medical management. Know more about Medical Management by clinking here. Is Dialysis a temporary procedure? If you have acute kidney failure, you may only need dialysis for a short time until your kidneys get better. Acute kidney failure is when the kidneys stop working suddenly for a short period of time (usually 2 days or less). After treatment for acute kidney failure, the kidneys may work normally. ​ If you have ESRD, you will need to have dialysis treatments for the rest of your life, unless you are able to get a kidney transplant. Is dialysis painful? You may have some discomfort when needles go into your body, but the dialysis treatment itself is painless. Many patients feel tired and weak before and after treatments. Some patients may have a drop in their blood pressure. This can make you feel sick to your stomach, throw up, have a headache, or cramps. Usually, these problems go away as you have treatments more often but some people may still have complications.

Cause & effect Apart from its own complications, Kidney diseases can trigger a host of other health problems. Read on to be aware of those problems and how to tackle them. Fluid Build up When the kidneys are affected, they fail to filter excess water from the blood causing fluid build up in the body. This can lead to heart and lung problems in time. If you feel such an issue, contact your doctor immediately. Gout This is the most common health problem related to kidney disease. However it can affect the kidneys the other way round too. Gout is caused by the presence of excessive uric acid in your blood due to the diminished capacity of the kidneys to filter them out. With proper care, this problem can be managed. However, over the counter pain medication is not the answer for this. Anemia As someone with kidney disease, do you ever feel tired, cold or weak? Although dialysis can cause some fatigue and feelings of weakness, these symptoms may also be due to anemia. When the kidneys fail, they fail to help the body generate enough red blood cells too causing Anemia. Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Healthy kidneys change inactive vitamin D to active vitamin D. Your body uses active vitamin D to absorb calcium from the foods you eat to keep balance between calcium and phosphorus. As the kidneys fail, they are no longer able to change inactive vitamin D to active vitamin D. This creates low levels of vitamin D in your body. When this happens, your body absorbs less calcium, and the level of calcium in your blood becomes low. This signals your parathyroid glands to make more PTH and grow larger, which causes SHPT. Your doctor may also call this "renal secondary hyperparathyroidism". Metabolic Acidosis One of the important functions of Kidney is to keep the acid balance in your body at par. When the Kidneys are affected, they fail to keep up its good work and acid builds up in the body causing Metabolic Acidosis. Hyperphosphatemia & bone disease When you have kidney disease, the kidneys cannot keep the right amount of phosphorus in your body. Phosphorus is a mineral that works with calcium and vitamin D to keep the bones healthy and strong. Due to underlying kidney disease, Phosphorus can build up to high levels in the blood and cause bone disease, which means you have weak bones that may break easily. Hyperkalemia (High Potassium) Potassium is a mineral found in many foods that helps your muscles work. When you have kidney disease, the kidneys may not be able to filter extra potassium from the blood. Potassium can build up in the blood and cause health problems. Heart disease Just like a bad marriage, Kidney and heart can both cause problem for each other. When you have kidney disease, your heart has to pump harder to get blood to the kidneys, which can cause heart disease in return. Heart disease is the most common cause of death in people who are on dialysis.

Stages of Kidney disease There are 5 stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The stages are based on the eGFR test result and how well the kidneys are working to filter waste and extra fluid out of the blood. As the stages go up, kidney disease gets worse and kidneys work less well. At each stage, it is important to take steps to slow down the damage to the kidneys. STAGE 1 Stage 1 CKD means you have a normal eGFR of 90 or greater and mild damage to the kidneys. The kidneys are still working well, so you may not have any symptoms. You may have other signs of kidney damage, such as protein in your urine. STAGE 2 Stage 2 CKD means your eGFR has gone down further to be between 60 and 89, and you have mild kidney damage. In most of the cases, this means the kidneys are still working well, and you may not have any symptoms. You may have other signs of kidney damage, such as protein in your urine or physical damage. STAGE 3 Stage 3 CKD means you have an eGFR between 30 and 59 and mild to moderate kidney damage. This stage can be further classified into two more stages. STAGE 3A means your eGFR is in between 45 and 59 and you have a mild to moderate kidney damage STAGE 3B means your eGFR is in between 30 and 44 and you have a moderate to severe kidney damage This means the kidneys are not living up to the body's expectations. It's failing to filter waste and extra fluid out of the blood. This waste can build up and begin to cause other health problems, such as high blood pressure and bone disease. You may begin to have symptoms, such as feeling weak and tired or swelling in your hands or feet. ​ However, with treatment and lifestyle modifications, many people do not move to Stage 4 or further. STAGE 4 Stage 4 CKD means you have an eGFR between 15 and 29 and moderate to severe kidney damage. This means not only the kidneys are failing to filter waste from the blood but also the accumulation is aiding to high blood pressure, bone disease as well as heart disease. You might be having symptoms like swelling of your hands and feet and pain in your lower back. This is the penultimate stage of Kidney failure. You have to very remindful to visit your Nephrologist regularly to take steps to slow down the kidney damage and plan ahead for possible kidney failure. STAGE 5 Stage 5 CKD means you have an eGFR less than 15 and severe damage to the kidneys. The kidneys are getting very close to failure or have already failed (stopped working). Because the kidneys have stopped working to filter waste out of the blood, waste products build up in the body, which can make one very sick and cause other health problems. When the kidneys fail, treatment options to survive include dialysis or a kidney transplant.

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