“When is the right time for dialysis?”
My mother is a kidney disease patient and the doctor has said she will need dialysis sooner or later. When do they decide it is the right time for dialysis? How do they know?
3 Answers
It’s a complex answer. Depends on her kidney function and what her labs show. Generally when kidney function drops below grr 20, it’s time to get a fistula placedso you have time for it to heal and become usable for when the function drops below 15 and you become symptomatic. Don’t put off getting a fistula if your doc says u need one.
If the creatinine continues to go up high.
When GFR hits 15 plus symptoms
