A Review On Complications Of Post Dialysis Patients

Abstract

The kidneys are a pair of vital organs that perform many functions to keep the blood clean and chemically balanced. The two most common causes of kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure. The National Kidney Foundation recommends three simple tests to screen for kidney disease: a blood pressure measurement. It is estimated that about 1, 00,000 persons suffer from ESRD each year of which only about 20,000 get treated. Dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood. It is used primarily to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure. Chronic kidney disease can progress to end-stage chronic renal disease (ESRD), which requires the use of replacement therapy (dialysis or kidney transplant) in life-threatening conditions. In ESRD, irreversible changes in the kidneys are associated with systemic changes of proinflammatory nature and dysfunctions of internal organs, skeletal muscles, and integumentary tissues. Hemodialysis is one of the renal replacement therapies, besides peritoneal dialysis and renal transplantation. Kidney diseases are highly prevalent globally. The risk factors for prevalence and incidence of hemodialysis are majorly hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Awareness of hemodialysis patients on the disease, medication, diet along with the life style modifications through the patient education was found to be very helpful for the patients to control their risk factors and to improve the compliance to the dosage regimen.