What is hemodialysis?

In advanced kidney failure, harmful substances and excess water, which are formed during the breakdown of our food in our body and are normally excreted in the urine, cannot be excreted and accumulate in our body.

Hemodialysis is a form of treatment that removes these substances from our body.

The patient's blood is passed through the tubes made of thin membranes (dialyzer) and is mixed with a liquid (dialysis solution-dialysate) passing through the other side of the membrane to be removed from the body.

The patient's blood is most often supplied through a "fistula" formed by the joining of one of the arteries and one of the veins of the patient's forearm. The fact that patients have this fistula "before they need hemodialysis" helps dialysis start immediately and perfectly for the patient when the time comes.

Fistula formation is performed with a small surgical intervention and the fistula is ready for use in about a month. When dialysis is required in patients without fistula, a catheter will need to be placed in the thick veins in the neck or chest cavity and the fistula operation will then be performed.

"Hemodialysis", "peritoneal dialysis" and "kidney transplantation", which are another dialysis method and that you can apply at home by going to the hospital or dialysis center once a month by placing a catheter in the abdominal cavity, will help to completely or partially eliminate these symptoms. If the above and all your complaints are reported regularly to the physicians responsible for the maintenance of your dialysis, necessary changes will be made in your treatment and your physicians will be able to advise you.

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