How Long Can Renal Failure Patients Survive

Dialysis treatment is a common method to treat patients with Renal Failure. Many people will ask that what is the therapeutic effect of dialysis? How to enhance the quality and survival rate for Renal Failure patients?

Enhance the survival rate of hemodialysis:

1. Increase the power to supply for the medical cost.

2. Undergo dialysis completely. According to the international regulations, patients who are in the end-stage renal disease( ESRD) should undergo dialysis three times a week, every time no less than 4 hours, the index kt/v which can reflect the clearance of small molecules toxins no less than 1.4.

3. Medical worker should good at deal with the complications of Renal Failure, and make ready for the precautions.

4. Help patients to build up the confidence to fight with disease.

5. Dialysis plan should be according to the illness condition of the patients.

How to enhance the life quality for the Renal Failure patients:

1. Receive treatment completely, maintain the energy level

Only receive the treatment completely, maintain the energy level, patients can do the work or sports by their own, and feel the joy from the work, happy for the work value, eliminate the negative emotions.

2. Open mind, full of confidence

In the early stage of Renal Failure, it is hard for patients to avoid get their tails down, some patients even lost the confidence to fight with disease, pull a long face, don’t want to cooperate with medical workers. At that time, the self-regulation is very important for the patients. Although the disease can’t be cured totally, patients can have the normal life and work after the proper treatment and strict diet control. What’s more, patients can live a longer life if they control their disease well. Therefore, Renal Failure patients should open their mind, relax their mind, treat the disease with a positive attitude, and avoid the negative attitude.

3. Proper diet, control the water and diet

Only reply on the treatment of the hospital, Renal Failure patients can’t have a normal life. They should undergo dialysis completely, thus ensuring the long-term survive.

The proper diet includes the control for water and diet, the weight increase should not exceed 5% of foundation weight.

Strictly control the high-potassium and high- phosphorus food intake, like animal viscera, dried fruit, sea-tangle etc.

Enough calories can supply the physiological need.

4. Physical exercise according to patients’ ability


Proper physical exercise can enhance the power of body resistance, reduce the infection, improve the blood circulation, and discharge the waste product from the human body. Several sports can be alternated, and stop immediately if patients feel tired.