Dialysis allows you to extend life for decades. However, not all people needing dialysis are aware of it. How to live with dialysis?
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Believe in dialysis
Dialysis allows you to extend life for years, even for dozens of years. But not everyone who needs Dialysis, unfortunately, understand what they need to be treated. Some it seems that they feel so good, and information about the need to install a catheter in the abdominal cavity or apparatus «Artificial kidney» Perceived negative. That is, people deliberately refuse dialysis, without being able to adequately assess the situation.
Many disease occurs in many years, without causing special subjective impairment of well-being. Indeed, it happens — no edema, blood pressure does not rise, no nausea and shortness of breath, and there is a disease, and it progresses. And indicators reflecting the violation of the functional state of the kidneys are already very high. Only in the doctor's office it becomes clear that renal failure has developed for a long time, — There are thirst, dry mouth, and small skin itching, and convulsive information of the muscles of the shin, and a decrease in appetite, but a person did not give them much importance. Think, you want to drink — It's hot on the street, well — Singled uncomfortable. That is why some patients fall into the field of view of specialists already in the far stage. And even in such cases a person sometimes it is difficult to believe that he needs dialysis.
Postpone the solution until the time when the condition becomes critical — it's dangerous for life. Situations where people refuse dialysis happen often. Much depends on whether a person experiences confidence in medicine or not. Sometimes it is difficult to convince the needy in dialysis, which underestimates his condition and does not trust the doctors, in the fact that he needs so complicated, and besides lifelong treatment.
Quality Quality
People on hemodialysis are certainly tied to their center, and therefore, to the place of residence. They can't go on vacation and skip the procedure. In Western countries, where there is no deficiency of dialysis places, this attachment is less than tough. And even there is a travel system on dialysis. Man together with the doctor develops a route taking into account the location of dialysis centers. He travels around the country or abroad, and at the appointed time comes to dialysis in this or that center. We have dialysis centers do not have a backup time so that you can take a foreign patient without prejudice to permanent patients. In Russia, there is only the only sanatorium in Sestroretsk, where there are dialysis equipment. In general, modern dialysis treatment allows to maintain a fairly high quality of life. After all, 10 more–15 years ago due to the fact that the quality of dialysis was significantly lower, only units combined work and treatment. Now there are many work, learn, adjusting to the chart of procedures. But, of course, much depends on the psychological attitude of the patient.
