In severe kidney failure, the harmful substances that are formed during the breakdown of our food in our body and normally excreted in the urine and excess water accumulate in our body. Hemodialysis is a form of treatment that enables these substances to be removed from our body. The patient's blood is passed through the tubes made of thin membrane (dialyzer) and the membrane is mixed with a fluid passing through it (dialysis solution-dialysate) and removed from the body.
Patient blood is most often provided through a "fistula" in the patient's forearm, which is formed by joining one of the arteries and one of the veins. It helps patients start dialysis immediately and flawlessly for the patient when it's time to have this fistula "before the need to undergo hemodialysis." Fistula creation is performed surgically with a small intervention, and within about a month the fistula is ready for use.
When dialysis is required in patients without a fistula, a catheter should be placed in the thick vessels in the neck or chest cavity and the fistula operation will be applied thereafter. You need dialysis when one or more of the following signs and symptoms appear, or when your doctor warns you by looking at your lab tests.
- Sleeping disorders
- Fatigue
Swollen legs, face swelling
Shortness of breath
- nausea
- Anorexia
- Hiccups
Weight loss
Abnormal bleeding
"Hemodialysis", another method of dialysis, "peritoneal dialysis" and "kidney transplant", which you can apply to the hospital or dialysis center at home once a month by placing a catheter in the abdominal cavity, will help to eliminate these symptoms completely or partially. Necessary changes will be made in your treatment and your physicians may be able to advise you if the above-mentioned physicians who are responsible for the maintenance of your dialysis are above and all your complaints are regularly communicated.