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Why Is Dialysis Done With The End Stage Of Renal Failure ?
my grandmother is incritical condition right now , she is on dialysis with end stage renal failure , and heart attack times four and septicema plus hemmorhrgic stroke and todsy she is doing voluntary movements on ventilator also , how come the doctor still doing dialysis on her pls explain why .
Tue, 4 Mar 2014
Hello,
end stage renal failure means that the kidneys don't work. The main job of the kidneys is to ''clean'' your blood. So without dialysis toxins and other end stage products would be accumulating in the body of your grandmother which would worsen her condition much more.
end stage renal failure means that the kidneys don't work. The main job of the kidneys is to ''clean'' your blood. So without dialysis toxins and other end stage products would be accumulating in the body of your grandmother which would worsen her condition much more.
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