can someone live a long time on kidney hemodialysis?
my mom is on dialysis and she has lung cancer and a pacemaker and i was wondering if someone could actually live a long time this way and be honest pls.
my mom is on dialysis and she has lung cancer and a pacemaker and i was wondering if someone could actually live a long time this way and be honest pls.
BD_king
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Dialysis patients can live very long lives so long as they monitor their health closely.
The multiple issues you mention create additional stresses on your mother's body, and the combination of issues can complicate therapy.
Check with your mother's Nephrologist. They are practical a a rule, and will not give you false expectations.
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Anonymous
The length of time that a person lives after beginning dialysis actually varies much more than that. Usually a person only starts on dialysis after their kidneys have both essentially stopped functioning. This in itself is a very serious condition, because every time you eat and drink you take in toxins that will have to be removed from your system. That is the function of the kidneys. If these are not removed, they build up in the bloodstream and eventually kill you. Dialysis is a way of artificially cleaning the blood when the kidneys fail to do it. But, it is not as efficient as the natural system, so the toxins tend to build up to a certain extent anyway. That leaves the patient more vulnerable to secondary conditions, such as heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and various types of infections. It is often these secondary conditions that lead to the patient's death. However, if, during the period of dialysis, a donor of a replacement kidney can be found, and a transplant operation can be performed, the patient may get a new lease on life, so to speak. I have seen this happen many times. So dialysis is not necessarily a death sentence, by any means.
Melba
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