my husband has had five way by pass surgery, several heart attacks, and diabetes, high blood pressure and now is in stage5 renal failure, how eminent is dialysis, one doctor talking about putting box in arm now, He also has a new area in heart not receiving proper circulation, the heart doctor was going to do catherization and put in stents, but looked at kidney tests and said no it would throw him into immediate dialysis. dyalsis causes heart attacks some articles say, how long can he exist without dialysis at level 5 sorry I cant spend any money on anything also working with 855 a month income
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor. As a Urologist, I can fully understand your concern. You should've understood by now, that dialysis is an artificial kidney. Dialysis is needed thrice weekly, in patients with very poor kidney function, as in stage 5 failure. With so many vital parameters, like heart function, diabetes,age also is important, his general condition is compromised severely. It's impossible for any doctor to predict, how long he'll survive without dialysis. You can get it done free of cost at government hospitals. Chat Doctor.  Manga.