Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal dialysis

Hemodialysis(Overview)

• Hemodialysis is when a machine filters waste, salts, and fluids from your blood when your kidneys are no longer healthy enough to do it themselves.

Hemodialysis(Indications)

• Overall health
• Kidney function
• Signs and symptoms
• Quality of life
• Personal preferences

Hemodialysis(Results)

• Better quality of life
• Increased well-being
• Reduced symptoms and less cramping, headaches and shortness of breath
• Improved appetite, sleeping patterns, energy level and ability to concentrate

Peritoneal Dialysis(Overview)

• A cleansing fluid flows through a tube (catheter) into part of your abdomen and filters waste products from your blood.
• This procedure can also be done at home.

Peritoneal Dialysis(Indications)

• signs that you may need this form of dialysis are : diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney inflammation, and/or multiple cyst in the kidneys.

Peritoneal Dialysis(Results)

• the results can very based on: size, how quickly the waste is removed how much solution is used, number of exchanges, and the concentration on sugar

Differences

• Hemodialysis is done by a man made dialyzer.
• Peritoneal is used by placing a catherer in the stomach and filtering it out through the membrane.
• Peritoneal is more accessible at home then home hemodialysis which takes more training

Sources

• http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/tc/hemodialysis-compared-to-peritoneal-d...