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Friedrich Nietzsche, the famous German philosopher wrote, “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how“. People who have a purpose in life can bear any conditions or situations they are confronted with, however adverse. This was true for people in Nazi Germany. This was found true in the experiment carried out by the young doctor in… Continue reading Dialysis Patients Must Find a Purpose in Their Life – Quality of Life Will Follow

Author: Kamal D. Shah (Acknowledgements: A. Shukla for reviewing the draft and suggesting improvements.)  If you are on Peritoneal Dialysis, you should understand the components of your PD prescription. Each aspect of the prescription indicates some part of your overall treatment. If you understand the significance of the parameters, you can have a more informed… Continue reading Know Your Peritoneal Dialysis

For those of us on Hemodialysis, it is important to know some of the basics involved. Since it is our life at stake here, it serves us well to be familiar with the basic concepts of dialysis. This will help us individualise our treatment and make it work best for us. There are broadly four… Continue reading Know Your hemodialysis

Everyone on dialysis would like to lead a normal life if given a choice. However, people on dialysis  often have constraints that prevent them from doing things that people with healthy kidneys do. Exercise is one such example. Exercise is beneficial for everyone irrespective of whether their kidneys are functioning or not. It keeps the… Continue reading Exercising on Dialysis: An Important Tool in The Quest For a Normal Life

Hemodialysis does two main things – remove excess fluids and remove the built-up toxins in the body. Since the kidneys are not functioning and removal of these toxins and excess fluids is one of the most important tasks of the kidney, dialysis is used to sustain life by removing these two. Uncontrolled build-up of toxins… Continue reading The Importance of The Duration Of a Hemodialysis Session

By Mary Selvaraj, Msc. Nutrition, Dietician, NephroPlus. What is PEW? PEW is defined as a “state of decreased body stores of protein and energy fuels (body protein and fat masses)”. This definition is given by the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM)’s expert panel. What is the PEW Scenario? PEW is present in 30-65%… Continue reading Protein Energy Wasting (PEW)

Being on dialysis can be tricky in many ways. The dialysis treatment itself has a host of complexities. But apart from that, there are a number of things you need to watch out for. The trouble is the staff in a hospital are not always aware of what dialysis patients need to be careful about.… Continue reading Be Careful About These Things if You Are On Dialysis When You Go To A Hospital

An important instruction into renal diet is to restrict salt. The absence of salt in diet decreases the flavour in your foods, so you can add “extra flavour” using spices and herbs to your food. Spices are used in its dried form, either whole or ground, and herbs are used fresh or dried. They increase… Continue reading Spice Up Food Without Salt

Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the transmission of the Hepatitis B Virus into the blood stream of an individual. Hemodialysis patients are at a greater risk of getting infected by this virus because of their blood being passed through external circuits for Hemodialysis. Further, reprocessing of dialyzers and bloodlines increases this risk… Continue reading Hepatitis B Vaccination For Those on Dialysis: What You Need To Know

Being diagnosed with kidney failure can be life-altering. All of us live with the thinking that ‘these things don’t happen to us’. Though we don’t say it consciously, deep within we are all somehow certain that such diseases will not happen to us. When lightning strikes however, life can come to a standstill. Most of… Continue reading Newly Diagnosed With Kidney Failure? Do These Things Now.