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The right treatment for you depends on these factors and on your medical condition. Learn more about your dialysis options to choose the treatment that’s best for YOU! This tool will help you review the different dialysis options that may work for you and what you may need to consider.
The two treatments for kidney failure are dialysis and kidney transplantation. Two different kinds of dialysis can be done—hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Both types of treatment has pros and cons. You can also choose not to do dialysis or have a transplant, or you may decide to have comfort care only.
Your kidneys filter wastes from your blood and regulate other functions of your body. When your kidneys fail, you need treatment to replace the work your kidneys normally perform. Your three choices for treatment are hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation.
You want trained medical personnel to administer your dialysis treatment. You want to be around other people receiving treatment for kidney disease. You need help learning, remembering or performing manual tasks.
Hemodialysis is the most common method used to treat advanced and permanent kidney failure. Since the 1960s, when hemodialysis first became a practical treatment for kidney failure, we’ve learned much about how to make hemodialysis treatments more effective and minimize side effects. In recent years, more compact and simpler dialysis
Overview of kidney failure treatment options: how to choose and pay for treatment, planning ahead, preparing advance directives, dialysis, and transplant.
If your doctor said you may need dialysis or a kidney transplant soon, you are probably wondering how to . decide on the best choice for you. This booklet has general information to help you and your family make this decision. You should talk about the pros and cons of each treatment option with your family, and health care professionals.
