Life Expectancy for Dialysis Patients

What is the life expectancy for dialysis patients? For patients on dialysis, some of them may experience various of side effects of dialysis, which makes them want to know the life expectancy for dialysis vary much.
There are different side effects for haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, but both types can make you feel exhausted.
Haemodialysis can also cause itchy skin and muscle cramps, while a common side effect of peritoneal dialysis is infection of the peritoneum with bacteria (peritonitis).
For people receiving haemodialysis, the risk of developing an infection is lower, but if it does occur it tends to be more serious.
Dialysis is a potentially life-saving treatment for people who would otherwise experience significant disability, pain and eventually death. How successful the results of dialysis are depends on a number of factors.
Although dialysis is a demanding treatment that requires considerable personal discipline, many people achieve a good quality of life with some being able to continue in full- or part-time employment.
The average life expectancy of people who start dialysis in their late 20s is 20 years, while older adults aged over 75 on dialysis have an average life expectancy of four years. This should improve in the future. Some people have been on dialysis for more than 30 years.
If you want to improve life expectancy for dialysis patients and even stop dialysis treatment, remember that to save your own kidneys is the only way. Nowadays, in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, various of Chinese therapies are used in the clinic to help repair kidney damage and recover renal function. You can click Why more and more foreign patients choose to come to our hospital for treatment to know more. If having any questions, feel free to contact us.