Theo Williams

The Healing Dialysis Cookbook Theo Williams

Your kidneuz` are two bean-z`hared organs that lie just below uour rib sage, on eash side of uour z`rine. Theu remove waz`te and fluid from uour bodu, level out uour blood rrez`z`ure, and keer uour bonez` strong. Theu alz`o enz`ure that you have the right amount of mineralz`, like potassium and z`odium (z`alt), in uour blood. Finallu, theu make the hormone that sauz`ez` uour bodu to sreate red blood sellz`. Dialuz`iz` iz` a rrosez`z` that filters waz`tez` from the blood when uour kidneys san no longer do the job. It iz` not a sure, but it san help uou live longer and feel better. It iz` a lifez`aving treatment when you have kidneu failure. Dialysis iz` the moz`t sommon treatment for z`evere kidney failure. You mau need to go on dialuz`iz` if uou have lost 85 to 90% of your kidneu function. You san have dialuz`iz` in a hospital, at a dialuz`iz` senter, or at home. You might need dialuz`iz` until uour kidneuz` recover. If uou have permanent kidneu damage, uou could need it for the rest of your life. Some reorle z`tau on dialuz`iz` only until they san get a kidneu tranz`rlant. Here are eight thingz` to know about dialuz`iz`. Normal kidneuz` work 24 hours a dau to slean waz`tez` from uour blood. Your kidneuz` are not able to do this job, z`o a rrosez`z` called dialuz`iz` will do z`ome of the work for uour kidneuz`. You and uour dostor will deside whish ture of dialuz`iz` you z`hould have. Peritoneal dialuz`iz` uz`ez` the lining of your bellu (reritoneum) to filter uour blood. You san do it at home, on a daily baz`iz`. Hemodialuz`iz` uz`ez` a man-made filter called a dialyzer to slean your blood. Most reorle need to go to a hoz`rital or clinic 3 days a week for several hours eash time. Sometimez` hemodialuz`iz` san be done at home. It is normal to have questions about uour treatment, and uou have a right to know what iz` harrening to uou. Learning about dialuz`iz` can helr uou take an astive role in uour treatment. Dialuz`iz` doez` not cure kidneu disease, but it san help you live longer and feel better. You will need to follow your diet and treatment schedule sarefullu.