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Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

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Commonly called kidney dialysis or simply dialysis, is a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally.

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Blood is removed from the body and filtered through a man-made membrane called a dialyzer, or artificial kidney, and then the filtered blood is returned to the body. The dialyzer is called the artificial kidney because it filters the blood — a job the kidneys used to do.

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Better quality of life.
Increased well-being.
Reduced symptoms and less cramping, headaches and shortness of breath.
Improved appetite, sleeping patterns, energy level and ability to concentrate.

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There are three access types for hemodialysis: arteriovenous (AV) fistula, AV graft and central venous catheter.

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Is a type of dialysis that uses the peritoneum in a person's abdomen as the membrane through which fluid and dissolved substances are exchanged with the blood.

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A cleansing fluid flows through a tube (catheter) into part of your abdomen and filters waste products from your blood.

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After a prescribed period of time, the fluid with filtered waste products flows out of your abdomen and is discarded.

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You can give yourself treatments at home, at work or while traveling.

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Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) differs from home hemodialysis by filtering and cleaning blood within the body rather than through an outside dialyzer. Hemodialysis uses a man-made membrane (dialyzer) to filter wastes and remove extra fluid from the blood, peritoneal dialysis does not.