2024-1-03 Instagram Live - Kidney Q&A

IG Live – January 3rd: Happy New Year and welcome back to Kidney Questions for the Doctor! DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Scantlebury, is kicking off 2024 by answering the kidney questions that are at the top of our patients’ minds. This episode dives right in to discuss the difference between acute and chronic dialysis, what happens when you are called for a kidney transplant, and the importance of screening for kidney disease. 

Dr. Scantlebury explains that, although dialysis is most often associated with the end of kidney function, patients can sometimes be placed on dialysis for just a short period of time (acute dialysis) if they have had an injury to their kidneys. In this case, dialysis is only needed while the kidneys heal, and then the patient can go off dialysis. She also covers the process of what happens when you are called for a kidney transplant, touching on several different scenarios depending of where the kidney is coming from. Additionally, Dr. Scantlebury highlights the importance of screening for kidney disease, since there aren’t always symptoms. 

Give us a listen to hear all this and more important information for living well with kidney disease. If you have your own questions you’d like to have the doctor answer, tune in for our Live events on both Instagram and Facebook: 

• IG Live @patientcitizens the first Wednesday of each month, 12:30pm EST 
• Facebook Live www.facebook.com/patientcitizens the third Wednesday of each month, 12:30pm EST