For patients with kidney failure, if they are projected to need dialysis
within a year, they should know the relevant knowledge on dialysis and prepare
this psychologically. So that when the dialysis comes, patients can deal with it
at ease and avoid the complications that could be life-threatening. Here is some
advice for kidney patients who need dialysis in the near future.
1. In the stage before dialysis, patients should go to hospital on a regular
basis, so that the doctors can understand the primary disease they get, their
current state, whether they have developed complications. By doing so, the
doctor can have a clear picture of the patients’ conditions.
Patients and their family members need to understand hemodialysis,
psychologically and objectively.
2. For patients who need long-time dialysis, vascular access should be built.
Currently, the optical vascular access is arteriovenous fistula. The maturation
of the fistula takes at least four weeks. If the patients need dialysis, but the
fistula has not been built, then central catheterization would be needed, which
would not only cost a lot, but also bring a lot of pain. So, patients should
build fistula three months in advance if they need dialysis.
3. when to start dialysis
Uremia is a chronic and progressive disease. In the process, the human body
would adapt and maintain the pathological balance, but the influence on the
health has existed.
Generally, doctors would make the recommendation that the patients should
start dialysis based on the patients’ test reports and their conditions.
Patients should follow the doctors’ advice.
Almost all the patients and their family members would experience anxiety,
concern over the pain and agony dialysis poses, whether dialysis would do harm
to the body and how long they would live with dialysis, which is totally normal.
So, dialysis patients and their family members should consult the nephrologist
and listen to their advice to avoid detours and pain.
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