Professor Dr. Riyad Mohi Abboud Al-Sayegh, teaching in the Internal Medicine Branch at the College of Medicine, University of Karbala, participated in the conference “Launching the Permanent Peritoneal Dialysis Program,” which was held under the auspices of the National Health Factory, one of the formations of the Iraqi Ministry of Health, and in cooperation with the American Baxter Company, which granted the franchise to the National Factory. The Iraqi.
The conference aims to increase awareness about the prevention of kidney disease and encourage patients to accept this therapeutic technique by clarifying its specifications and benefits.
The conference included the nature of the technology for manufacturing permanent peritoneal dialysis solutions, as this advanced technology is considered an important step in treating patients with chronic kidney failure, and also allows them the possibility of treatment while they are at home. Their homes, their workplaces, or even while traveling.
One of the most prominent features of this technique is that it better preserves remaining kidney functions, including removing toxins from the blood and producing activated vitamin D and the hormone erythropoietin, which contributes to the formation of red cells. This technology also gives patients a better and easier lifestyle compared to traditional methods. It reduces the problems resulting from injections used in other types of dialysis, and is considered the ideal solution for treating patients whose health condition does not allow for traditional dialysis. In addition, it meets the needs of children with failure.
