The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that serve several essential regulatory roles in vertebrates. The image is an illustration of the anatomy anatomy of the body and kidney.

Kidney dialysis is a procedure that is an alternative for serval normal functions of the kidneys. Dialysis allows people with kidney failure a chance to live quality lives.

Chronic kidney disease can cause severe complications due to such as fluid and salt retention.

Hemodialysis is a treatment to filter wastes and water from your blood, as your kidneys did when they were healthy. Your blood is put through a filter outside your body, cleaned, and then returned to you. 

The illustration shows a cross section through the kidney with detail of the kidney tubule (nephron) and related blood supply and working.

The image shows renal corpuscules and tubules under a microscopic view.

Light micrograph showing nephron structures in a kidney.

Glomerulonephritis can be one of the causes of CKD. It is the acute inflammation of kidney, typically caused by an immune response.

Arm of hemodialysis blood vessel for renal insufficiency patient

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a treatment that uses the lining of your abdomen (belly area), called peritoneum, and a cleaning solution called dialysate to clean your blood, when you have kidney diseases. 

According to CDC, 15% US population have chronic kidney disease.

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