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General Info About Haemodialysis
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Haemodialysis is done 2 to 3 times a week and takes 4 to 5 hours.

In haemodialysis the blood flows through a dialysis machine that filters away the waste products. This artificial kidney or dialyser is of various sizes and contains thousands of hollow fibres. These fibres act like a semi-permeable membrane, that is, they allow wastes to pass through but retain important substances like proteins. The blood circulates on one side of the membrane and the dialysate (a solution of water& electrolytes) on the other side. The toxic products and excess fluids pass through the dialyser and are carried away in the dialysate and cleansed blood, flows back into the body. The process of haemodialysis takes about 4 hours and it has to be done two to three times a week.


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Posted by:  sukhpreet15(Guest)  Posted on: 09/21/2011
my daddy age 71 yrs showing createnine 3.8 in apr,4.2 in june,4.8 in aug and 7.3 in sept.But not showing any clinical symtoms.plz any one can guide me what to do.

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Posted by:  seadog  Posted on: 07/12/2010
Can chronic kidney disease at stage 3b cause vagueness or confusion?

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Posted by:  Satkam(Guest)  Posted on: 05/29/2010
Are there medical facilities to do these procedures for people living in small towns of India? How expensive will it be?

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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 06/11/2010
yes.. facility is available even in smaller towns in india in private hospitals.. just check out govt. hospitals @ district headquaters as dialysis facility is available in most of them and a bit low priced.. exact charges vary

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Posted by:  joyce(Guest)  Posted on: 10/31/2009
why patient have giddiness while dialysis

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