Kidney Failure

• According to the Mayo Clinic, patients with glomerulonephritis develop kidney inflammation that damages the kidneys and results in kidney failure. Patients with this kidney disease require dialysis treatments.
  
  

Glomerulonephritis Causes

• Glomerulonephritis restricts the kidney's ability to filter wastes and toxins from the blood and may be caused by infections such as a strep infection, bacterial endocarditis or a viral infection.
  
  

Dialysis Procedure

• Health care professionals insert two needles into a patient's arm during a dialysis procedure. One needle transports blood from the patient to a dialysis machine, and another needle transports cleansed blood from the machine back into the patient's bloodstream.
  
  

Dialysis Follow-up

• A doctor will order periodic blood tests to monitor the effectiveness of dialysis for a kidney patient and may adjust the frequency of future dialysis procedures. Patients may receive dietary advice from a dietitian and medications to maintain proper fluid and electrolyte levels in the body.
  
  

Other Treatments

• Patients with kidney inflammation may also take antibiotics to fight an infection and drugs to maintain healthy blood pressure levels.