When kidney disease develops into renal failure, dialysis will be a choice to
prolong your life. Living with dialysis will ask your pay the price. However,
good managements in your life will contribute to living a better and longer life
with dialysis.
Recommended nutrients. Some nutrients are proved to be helpful in prolonging
life-span and life quality of patients on dialysis. Iron is suggested for its
treatment on anemia and low hemoglobin levels. Multivitamin and mineral
supplements contribute to all-side improvement of body health. Magnesium can
strengthen cardiovascular health and alleviate symptoms of renal failure, such
as high blood sugar, fatigue, headache etc.
A good intake of protein. Protein is one of the building blocks of the body,
and therefore it is critical to get ample quantities through the diet to
re-stock on what has been lost to allow the body to repair itself. This is
usually a joy for dialysis patients as the lead up to dialysis requires heavy
dietary protein restriction. Generally, for patients on hemodialysis, 1.2 to 1.5
grams per kilo of body weight is enough; for patients on peritoneal dialysis,
1.2 to 2.2 grams per kilo of body weight is recommended.
Optimize your dialysis frequency. Some patients are afraid that they will
depend on dialysis in the rest of life, so they usually reduce their dialysis
frequency. In fact, you should optimize your dialysis with your doctors.
Inadequate dialysis will keep toxins remain in your body while increased
frequency of dialysis will burden your weak health. Both of them will shorten
your dialysis lifespan.
Herbal medicine. Herbs are also good choice to improve dialysis life quality
and prolong life expectancy. Some herbs have the property of improve renal
functions, which helps alleviate underlying kidney disease. Some other herbs
contain the substances which treat some complications of renal failure
naturally. Herbs help improve dialysis life expectancy include hawthorn, olive
leaf, dandelion, ginseng etc.
Most people on dialysis want their doctors to predict their lifespan, when
they begin the dialysis. However, how long you will live totally depends on
yourself. If you choose a healthy management for dialysis (healthy diet, proper
exercise, herbs support etc), surely you will have a longer life expectancy than
these who don’t. Some people do live a longer life than doctor predicts, but it
does with reasons. If you need more help, you can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com
for further guideline.
