Posted on 27th September, 2023 at 6:14:11 AM
Peritoneal dialysis gets its name from the lining of your abdomen, which is called the peritoneum. This lining is a membrane that surrounds the space in your abdomen called the peritoneal cavity. This natural lining can be used to clean your blood by filling your abdomen with fluid through a catheter in abdomen.
In this type of dialysis blood is cleaned inside your body. A tube (catheter) is placed into your abdomen (belly) to make an access. During treatment abdominal area (called the peritoneal cavity) is slowly filled with dialysate through the catheter. The blood stays in the arteries and veins that line your peritoneal cavity. Extra fluid and waste products are drawn out of your blood and into the dialysate.
