Join UCLA nephrologist, Anjay Rastogi, MD, and his team at the UCLA Core Kidney Program for an overview of peritoneal dialysis options at home, at work, or when traveling. Learn more: www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/
My wife is going on PD soon, she did it ones before and after 4 moths she got her kidney transplant. After 15 years with the kidney now she needs diálisis and one more transplant. 😊 .
I do periteneal dyalysis at home i was wondering i get cramps when im filling am i suppose to have them and. Is there a pill i can take to make it stop cramping
I am not a professional in this so please don't take my answer as the absolute truth or anything. I watched another video on PD and they stated if the temperature of your dialysate is not at body temp, it can cause cramping.
Learn more about Peritoneal Dialysis and other topics surrounding kidney disease at our annual UCLA Kidney Health Fair! Our educational day at the beach will be held on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at Dorothy Green Park at Santa Monica Beach. Dr. Rastogi and the rest of our expert team will be at the fair to answer all of your questions. Pre-registration is highly encouraged and can be done by following this link: connect.uclahealth.org/event/kidney-health-fair-at-the-beach/ We hope to see you all there!
Your question is how long to go between stage 1 to 5? That depends on each patient. My wife start in 2017 with stage 1 and progress to stage 5 now Sep/ 2021.
For more information, please join us for the Virtual UCLA CORE Kidney Health Conference on March 21st, 2021 from 11am-12pm PST! This event is free, virtual, global, and open to the public. This conference is focused on bringing you the very latest research information about the management of kidney disease at UCLA Health. Topics include COVID-19 and its impact, treating diverse communities, home dialysis, donation, transplantation, patient stories and much more. Please register by visiting the UCLA CORE Kidney Program website!
The UCLA CORE Kidney program has many more informative videos that cover a wide variety of topics related to kidney health, including a video on a patient's experience with peritoneal dialysis---an insightful follow-up video to those wanting to gain a more complete perspective on peritoneal dialysis. These can be found here on the UCLA Health youtube channel and also on the CORE Kidney Educational Presentations site which can be found at the following link: www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/educational-presentations. To learn more about the very latest research and information about the management of kidney disease at UCLA Health, please consider registering for and attending the upcoming UCLA Health Core Virtual Kidney Patient Conference on March 21st, 2021! To register for the event and also find out more about the event’s speakers and topics, please visit www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/kidney-health-fair.
