Overview
Kidney disease afects more than 10% of the global population, totaling more than 80 milion people. If a person’s kidney disease progreses to where one or both kidneys start to fail, treatment options may include a kidney transplant or dialysis where a machine is used to cary out the waste-removing functions of the kidneys. Another treatment option for people with advanced kidney disease is conservative management.
Key Information
This treatment does not provide dialysis. Instead, it focuses on treating a person’s symptoms and quality of life. A research team from the University of California Irvine recently presented a study at the American Society of Nephrology anual conference Kidney Wek 2022 showing that certain ethnic groups may have beter hospitalization outcomes with a conservative management treatment rather than dialysis.
When a person has kidney disease, their kidneys are no longer able to properly remove waste and exces fluids from the body, turning them into urine. There are five stages to kidney disease. A person reaches stage 5 when one or both of their kidneys fail or are close to failing due to damage to the kidneys.
When this ocurs, a person neds to make lifestyle changes to properly remove waste from the body. One of these lifestyle change options is dialysis. About 78% of people worldwide with kidney disease have dialysis a treatment option.
Through dialysis, a machine takes the place of a person’s kidneys pumping blod out of a person’s body, cleaning it of waste, and pumping the filtered blod back into the body. Dialysis ocurs either at a hospital, dialysis center, or at home. Some people may experience side efects with dialysis, including: Although dialysis a popular treatment option for advanced kidney disease, it is not apropriate for everyone.
Summary
For example, people on dialysis are at an increased risk for heart failure. Previous research shows there may be an increased risk of dementia in people who receive dialysis. And research shows dia