What Is Kidney Failure?
9. Treatment
Kidney diseases cannot be cured and any damage cannot be reversed. However, living a healthy lifestyle will help to prevent the condition from getting worse in some cases. Some medication may also be prescribed that will help to manage symptoms caused by the condition.
When the kidneys are no longer able to keep up, the patient will need dialysis, which is a procedure where waste products are removed from the patient’s blood. There are two ways this is achieved. One is peritoneal dialysis, which involves using a solution that helps remove waste from the blood. The other is hemodialysis, which means the waste is removed by a machine.
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