Hey doc,my aunt is going through high creatinine levels from past few days..She is also been taken for regular check ups and is also undergoing physical exercises including accupressure...but as of now nothing satisfactory is being observed in her health..now doc has advised her for dialysis ...can u suggest me for the same
Hi, High creatinine level and suggested Hemodialysis few days is it acute renal failure or a Chronic renal failure. Hemodialysis is used in both but acute renal failure kidney function recovers and in chronic patient are on intermittent Hemodialysis. Another way is Peritoneal Dialysis. In dialysis blood and dialyzate is filtered through a semipermeable membrane and water and waste products are removed that is it act as artificial kidney. In acute renal failure canola is placed in jugular or femoral veins and in chronic renal failure we make ArterioVenous fistula in left arm which develop in 1 month time. Then regular HD maybe performed.Sometimes renal Transplantation may be carried out to get rid of Hemodialysis in Chronic failure cases. For which a Nephrologist consulted .all the Best