by Southwest Kidney Institute | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
What is Vascular Access? Your nephrologist (kidney doctor) may have recently told you that you have advanced kidney disease (also known as end stage renal disease or ESRD) and that you need to begin dialysis. You are not alone. There are currently more than 468,000...
by Southwest Kidney Institute | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
What is Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)? Your belly has a membrane inside called the “peritoneum” which can be used to clean your blood of toxins, balance electrolytes, buffer acid and remove fluid if your kidneys are unable to do so. Developed many years ago, this process...
by Southwest Kidney Institute | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
Home dialysis is a process of training the patient and care partner to do hemodialysis at home. It can be a positive and liberating option for motivated patients with good health literacy and family support. With home dialysis, like with peritoneal dialysis, you are...
by Southwest Kidney Institute | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
What is Hemodialysis? Hemodialysis is a process of clearing toxins from the blood, balancing electrolytes, neutralizing acid and removing excess fluid from the human body after the kidneys are unable to do so. In hemodialysis, a machine circulates blood through a...
by Southwest Kidney Institute | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
Diet Guidelines for Patients on Dialysis While dialysis does the work of your kidneys, it cannot do everything that healthy kidneys do. Some fluids and toxins may still build up, and, over time, cause additional health problems such as heart disease, as well as...
