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The science and the practical side of kidney disease, dialysis and kidney care (Seychelles and the Indian Ocean).

13 Jul 2026

What to Expect in Your First Month on Dialysis

The first session is deliberately short and gentle, the machine beeps at everyone, and protein goes up rather than down. An honest walk through the first four weeks of dialysis, so that fewer things come as a surprise.

By Dialysis.sc

11 Jul 2026

Home Dialysis or In Centre: An Honest Comparison

Four legitimate paths, compared without a sales pitch: what in-centre haemodialysis, home haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and conservative care each give you, and what each of them costs you.

By Dialysis.sc

9 Jul 2026

Eating Well on Dialysis in the Tropics: A Practical Guide

Renal diet sheets are written for temperate countries. They say nothing about breadfruit, cassava, coconut or the fish on your table most days. Here is what is actually in the food in front of you, with sourced numbers.

By Dialysis.sc

8 Jul 2026

Travelling to Seychelles on Dialysis: How Holiday Dialysis Works

Holiday dialysis is not a booking, it is a clinical handover. The lead times, the paperwork, the insurance trap, and the one question about virus surveillance that can cost you six months on the transplant list.

By Dialysis.sc

7 Jul 2026

A Carer's Guide to the First Six Months

Nobody hands you a job description. What actually helps in the first six months of someone else's dialysis, which rules to enforce, which battles not to fight, and how not to disappear while you do it.

By Dialysis.sc

6 Jul 2026

Early Referral Matters: Why Nephrology Should See Kidney Disease Sooner

For clinicians: KDIGO 2024 moved referral from stage to risk, and the preparation threshold is a different decision from the starting threshold. Why collapsing the two is how patients end up with a tunnelled line.

By Dialysis.sc