In India, the population of young individuals on hemodialysis is far more than that in western countries. The economic burden is huge and most patients especially from rural background are not able to afford the treatment. Hemodialysis is required during end stage kidney disease, when the kidneys are not able to purify blood and as […]
If you thought that dialysis patients should be confined to their beds, we urge you to think again. While young dialysis patients can travel, work, cook food, shop groceries, exercise, etc the elderly ones may not be able to do these but there are several other activities that can help them stay active Below are
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Dialysis diet is recommended to individuals who undergo either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. In this article, we shall discuss do’s and dont’s for patients undergoing hemodialysis as it is the form of dialysis that is widely performed in India. Hemodialysis diet is different from a general diet in the following ways, it is: lower in
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7th April is celebrated each year by the World Health Organization as World Health Day. The aim of this day is to create awareness on a specific topic. This year the theme is ‘Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone’. To throw light on building healthy habits, we have an eminent Nutritionist who is also one
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Come December, one looks forward to destress as well as celebrate with friends and family. However, with the increasing scare of the new variant of coronavirus i.e. Omicron in India; Christmas celebrations this year too will remain indoors. Hence, in order to help patients who are on a kidney diet or dialysis diet select a
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