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Peritoneal Dialysis (CPD)

Peritoneal Dialysis (CPD)

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What is Peritoneal Dialysis ?

Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that uses the lining of your abdomen, or belly, to filter your blood inside your body. Health care providers call this lining the peritoneum. You can choose the type of peritoneal dialysis that best fits your life:

  • Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
  • Automated Peritoneal Dialysis

The main differences between the two types of peritoneal dialysis are

  • The schedule of exchanges
  • One uses a machine and the other is done by hand

If one type of peritoneal dialysis doesn’t suit you, talk with your doctor about trying the other type.

What is Peritoneal Dialysis ?

Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that uses the lining of your abdomen, or belly, to filter your blood inside your body. Health care providers call this lining the peritoneum. You can choose the type of peritoneal dialysis that best fits your life:

  • Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
  • Automated Peritoneal Dialysis

The main differences between the two types of peritoneal dialysis are

  • The schedule of exchanges
  • One uses a machine and the other is done by hand

If one type of peritoneal dialysis doesn’t suit you, talk with your doctor about trying the other type.

Dialysis

How is it done?

  • A few weeks before you start peritoneal dialysis, a surgeon places a soft tube, called a catheter, in your belly.
  • When you start treatment, dialysis solution water with salt and other additives flows from a bag through the catheter into your belly.
  • When the bag is empty, you disconnect it and place a cap on your catheter so you can move around and do your normal activities.
  • While the dialysis solution is inside your belly, it absorbs waste and extra fluid from your body.
  • After a few hours, the solution and the wastes are drained out of your belly into the empty bag. You can throw away the used solution in a toilet or tub. Then, you start over with a fresh bag of dialysis solution.
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How is it done?

  • A few weeks before you start peritoneal dialysis, a surgeon places a soft tube, called a catheter, in your belly.
  • When you start treatment, dialysis solution water with salt and other additives flows from a bag through the catheter into your belly.
  • When the bag is empty, you disconnect it and place a cap on your catheter so you can move around and do your normal activities.
  • While the dialysis solution is inside your belly, it absorbs waste and extra fluid from your body.
  • After a few hours, the solution and the wastes are drained out of your belly into the empty bag. You can throw away the used solution in a toilet or tub. Then, you start over with a fresh bag of dialysis solution.
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