How to treat uremia? Common treatments for uremia

Many people are familiar with uremia. The mortality rate of this disease is extremely high, and it can be said to be one of the serious clinical diseases. Uremia has a great impact on patients both physically and psychologically, and the treatment method is mainly to control it. Generally speaking, the most common treatment for uremia is dialysis.

1.Hemodialysis. Hemodialysis is a process in which the patient's blood and dialysate are simultaneously introduced into both sides of the dialyzer membrane, removing metabolic waste from the blood, correcting electrolyte and acid-base imbalances, and removing excess water from the body through the semipermeable membrane. Hemodialysis can partially replace kidney function and is one of the most widely used treatments for uremia.

2. Peritoneal dialysis uses the body's own peritoneum as a dialysis membrane to purify blood. Dialysate is introduced into the patient's abdominal cavity, and toxins and excess water in the blood pass through the peritoneum into the dialysate in the abdominal cavity and are then discharged from the body. The dialysate in the peritoneal cavity is replaced regularly or continuously to purify the blood.

3. Kidney transplantation is the process of surgically implanting another person's kidney into the body of a patient with uremia so that it can function. The implanted kidney can completely replace kidney function. It is the most effective and lowest-cost long-term treatment for uremia, and is currently recognized as the best treatment for uremia.

4. Patients with uremia generally go through the stages of decreased renal reserve capacity, azotemia, renal failure and uremia. The treatment method for each occasion is different. For those who have not undergone dialysis, the kidneys cannot excrete the waste produced after protein metabolism, which makes the uremia condition more serious. Therefore, it is recommended to reduce protein intake.