peritoneal dialysis in thane

During peritoneal dialysis, a specialised fluid is passed through a tube called a catheter into the patient’s abdomen. The inner membrane of the abdomen called peritoneum functions like a filter and removes waste products from the blood. The fluid with the filtered waste products is drained a periodic interval out of the abdomen and is discarded and again new fresh fluid is passed into the abdomen. In this form of dialysis filtration of waste products happen continuously. This form of dialysis can be done at home or while travelling. The procedure requires initially a tube(catheter) insertion in the abdomen and after few days this form of dialysis is started. It’s basically of 2 types: CAPD – It’s done manually by the patient or the caregiver and involves usually 2-4 exchanges in 24 hours. APD – It’s an Automated procedure done with help of a machine and several exchanges are done by the machine overnight. It does not require much assistance and usually done while going to bed.