Renal Replacement Therapy: Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis, Animation

your doctor may recommend dialysis

procedure t
hat removes waste products from your blood if your kidneys are not functioning properly healthy kidneys filter out waste excess fluid and electrolytes like potassium and sodium from the blood these waste products exit the body through the urethra in the form of urine if you have kidney disease your kidneys gradually lose function leading to an accumulation of harmful wastes and excess fluid in your bodyin creased blood pressure and bone or b lood problems dialysis can also be done to treat acute kidney failure which occurs when your kidneys stopped working suddenly or to remove drugs or poisons from your body in one type of dialysis called hemodialysis your doctor will use a machine called a dialyzer to clean your blood outside your body some weeks or months before you begin hemodialysis your doctor will prepare a vascular access site on your body your doctor will create either an  graft or an fistula to access your blood strea to begin he or she will numb the area  to construct an arteriovenous graft yoursurgeon will make a small incision in your forearm and insert a soft plastic