What is peritoneal dialysis?
Peritoneal dialysis is a way to remove waste products from your blood when your kidneys can't adequately do the job any longer.
This procedure filters the blood in a different way than does the more common blood-filtering procedure called hemodialysis.
The kidney is damaged over time, the disease progresses.
A number of pathologies affect the organ and these diseases are:
- Diabetes;
- High blood pressure;
- Kidney inflammation;
- Polycystic kidney disease.
Peritoneal dialysis is effective for the following reasons:
- The procedure can be performed outside the hemodialysis center and this is very important for patients who work, travel or live far from the clinic;
- It is not necessary to follow a too strict diet;
- This form of dialysis prolongs the kidney's ability to function.
Peritoneal dialysis may not be performed (not effective) if the anamnesis shows the following:
- Wide surgical scars in the abdominal cavity;
- The hernia has a large volume;
- The patient cannot take care of himself;
- Inflammatory bowel disease or frequent episodes of diverticulitis.
Source:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/peritoneal-dialysis/about/pac-20384725
