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Kidney disease

How is it treated?

Treatment of kidney problems in children involves a team, which includes nephrologists, dieticians, nurses, and pharmacists, all with specialised knowledge of the needs of children with kidney disease. If the kidneys fail their function can be replaced by dialysis or kidney transplantation. Haemodialysis involves using a dialysis machine and an artificial kidney to filter the blood. In peritoneal dialysis a soft tube is placed through the skin over the abdomen into the lining of the tummy. Fluid is cycled in and out of the tummy. This allows waste products to pass across the lining of the peritoneum into the fluid, and be removed every time the fluid is drained out.

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Medical text written October 2000 by Dr J Bradley. Additional material on Diabetes and Kidney disease written February 2003 by Contact a Family. Approved February 2003 by the Medical Advisory Board (Consultant Nephrologist) of the National Kidney Research Fund, UK. Last reviewed May 2005 by Dr J Bradley, Consultant Nephrologist, Director of Renal Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

 

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