Haemodialysis machine which is connected to the kidney patient, adds heparin to prevent blood clotting, and cleans the blood of waste kidney product and toxin before returning it to the patient. First, a pair of access points are created by your doctor, usually in the forearm (these are permanent access points and the surgery to insert them can be done quite some time before the patient starts the actual treatment). Using these, blood is transferred, at a low flow rate, from your body to the kidney machine through one such point. In the machine, heparin is added to the blood to prevent clotting occurring, and the blood is passed into the dialyser where the waste products and toxins are removed. The cleaned blood is then returned to the body via the second access point. | |
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