MAX Blue Line delayed about 20 minutes through 8 p.m. due to an earlier collision between an auto and gate arm at Willow Creek TC.
Are there different types of dialysis? There are two kinds of dialysis. In hemodialysis, blood is pumped out of your body to an artificial kidney machine, and returned to your body by tubes that connect you to the machine. In peritoneal dialysis, the inside lining of your own belly acts as a natural filter.
Most patients have to be plugged into a machine at a facility three times a week for three to five hours each time. The machine simulates kidney function, but itâs an imperfect substitute. While normal kidneys remove toxins from the blood continuously, the dialysis machine does so for a few hours every 48 hours.