What Are the Indications of Dialysis?

Nowadays, dialysis is extended into multiply kinds of blood purification such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, Hemofiltration, plasma exchange, etc. The indications of dialysis has been extended from Renal Failure to various kinds of serious complications by clearing away internal toxin. Besides, the indications of dialysis also includes the conditions of rescuing all kinds of poisoning patients, clearing away internal excess blood lipid. In a word, the indication of dialysis includes all the conditions of clearing away poisoning substances in serum no matter endogenous or exogenous substances. Then, what are the indications of dialysis?

The indications of dialysis are as follows:

1. the conditions of Chronic Renal Failure or Acute Renal Failure such as urea nitrogen,creatinine, hyperkalemia, acidosis, excess water, CHF(congestive heart-failure)

2. water intoxication caused by invalid Diuretics

3. Serious acidosis which can not be well controlled by medicine

4. Serious hyponatremia

5. Poisoning caused by some medicine or poison

6. Masses of ascites caused by Cirrhosis or Nephrotic Syndrome, etc, without infection of ascites

7. Acute stage of SLE

8. hepatic encephalopathy


Dialysis can help patients to eliminate internal toxin and relieve the condition of poisoning. The indications of dialysis are various, but the characteristic of dialysis is the same by clearing away internal toxin. Although dialysis can effectively relieving the poisoning condition, a long term of dialysis will bring about multiply complications, which endangers patients' lives. That is the reason why dialysis patients seek way to get rid of dialysis.