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Hemodialysis

Hemodialysis is a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. It is a treatment to filter wastes and water from your blood, as your kidneys did when they were healthy.

 

How does hemodialysis help you?

Hemodialysis:

  • helps control blood pressure
  • balance important minerals, such as potassium, sodium, and calcium, in your blood.

It can help you feel better and live longer, but it’s not a cure for kidney failure.

 

Hemodialysis unit

How the machine works

Did you know?

During hemodialysis, your blood is pumped through soft tubes to a dialysis machine where it goes through a special filter called a dialyzer (also called an artificial kidney). With hemodialysis, the filtering membrane is called a dialyzer and is inside a dialysis machine. Your blood is circulated through the dialysis machine and cleaned before being returned to your body.

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Hemodialysis is required when the body’s kidneys can no longer do their job of cleaning the body’s blood, often because of damage to the kidneys ca

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