Question

Haemodialysis

When the kidneys fail, it results in a lot of complications and to compensate this situation a technology called dialysis has been developed.

Answer 1

Haemodialysis

When the kidneys fail, it results in a lot of complications and to compensate this situation a technology called dialysis has been developed.

It uses a machine filter called a dialyzer or artificial kidney.

This is to remove excess water and salt, to balance other electrolytes in the body and remove waste products of metabolism.

Blood from the body is removed and flowed through a series of tubes made up of a semipermeable membrane.

A dialysate flows on the other side of the membrane, which draws impurities through the membrane.

It uses a machine filter called a dialyzer or artificial kidney.