Question

Cleaning of blood of a person with the help of a kidney machine is known as
(a) Paralysis
(b) Alcoholysis
(c) Hydrolysis
(d) Dialysis

Answer 1

This is a method that filters and purifies the blood using a machine. This helps keep your fluids and electrolytes in balance when the kidneys can’t do their job. This has been used since the 1940s to treat people with kidney problems.

Complete answer:
Dialysis is a treatment that filters and purifies the blood using a machine. It is a method for removing waste products such as creatinine and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys can not work properly. The mechanical device used to clean the patient’s blood is called a dialyzer, also known as an artificial kidney. It is a procedure where a dialysis machine and a special filter called an artificial kidney, or a dialyzer, are used to clean your blood. This helps keep your fluids and electrolytes in balance when the kidneys can’t do their job. When a person with chronic kidney disease reaches end stage renal disease also known as kidney failure, the kidneys are no longer functioning to filter and clean the blood the way healthy kidneys normally would. Without treatment, life-threatening waste and toxins will build up in the body. At this point, dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant is needed to prolong life. Dialysis is the process that works by filtering toxins, waste and fluid from your blood through a semipermeable membrane.

Additional Information:
- Kidney function is often impaired by infections, lesions, tumors, electrolyte imbalances, formation of kidney stones, chemical poisons etc.
- The most serious consequences of this is renal failure. In this case, nephrons fail to function properly, resulting in Oedema, acidosis and uraemia.
- Oedema is the swelling of body parts due to the retention of large amounts of sodium and fluids in tissues.
So, the correct answer is '(d) Dialysis'.

Note:
- Uraemia is the excessive accumulation of urea and other toxic wastes in the blood and tissues due to kidney diseases, renal failure, or inadequate renal circulation.
- Uraemia can be acute or chronic. The symptoms of acute Uraemia are rapid and those of chronic Uraemia are gradual.
- The most important causes are chronic glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis.