Why do patients feel better?

It is the benefits of Short Daily and Nocturnal Hemodialysis as outlined below that make the difference in how patients feel. It is important to point out that most of the toxins are removed from the body in the first 1- 2 hours of dialysis. Thus more frequent dialysis will enable better toxin removal as well as better fluid management as excess fluid will be removed daily.

With daily frequent treatments you get more "first hour" sessions when dialysis is most efficient and you prevent fluid from building up and stretching your heart muscle and raising your blood pressure.

Offering Slow Nocturnal and Short Daily hemodialysis with increased length and frequency of dialysis has several advantages. Some of these include:

1. It provides hemodynamic stability even in patients with unstable cardiovascular system. Smoother Blood pressure during the treatment as less fluid is being removed.
2. It allows smoother adjustment of patient's target weight
3. It improves Blood Pressure control since fluid doesn't built up in your body for 2-3 days.
4. The use of EPOGEN needed to control anemia is reduced.
5. Patients no longer experience post dialysis fatigue syndrome (i.e "down time after the treatment")
6. Reduction of Phosphate binders is noted with short daily and a complete discontinuation of the binder is noted with daily slow nocturnal hemodialysis.
7. Improvement in patient’s sexual function (libido) is noticed.
8. Nutritional status is improved and patients begin to eat more with less restrictions
9. Overall improvement in patient’s well being is noted by all patients which yields to a better quality of life
10. A 1/3 reduction in hospitalization has been experienced
11. Enhanced ability for women of child bearing age to have full term pregnancies is also realized.

As stated by most patients who have received these types of modalities,

"We feel we have gained our life back"