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Varberg man thrives on home dialysis while awaiting kidney transplant

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Varberg man thrives on home dialysis while awaiting kidney transplant
Key Points
  • Fredrik Åhrman uses home dialysis to manage kidney failure from Covid-19, allowing him to work and travel.
  • Most dialysis patients in Sweden still receive treatment in hospitals, as home dialysis adoption progresses slowly.
  • Åhrman is on a transplant waiting list and expects a new kidney by June, which would end his need for dialysis.

According to sources, Fredrik Åhrman experienced kidney failure in connection with Covid-19 three years ago. He did not expect to be able to live the life he does today after his kidney failure. Home dialysis became the solution for Fredrik Åhrman.

Today, he can work, travel, and live his life as before the illness, aside from connecting to a machine at night. However, the development towards more home dialysis is slow, and the absolute majority of those in need of dialysis treatment receive it in hospitals today. " For some, dialysis is a life-sustaining treatment with no possibility of getting new kidneys.

I don't understand it, I think more people should get the opportunity to do it at home.

Fredrik Åhrman, Patient

Fredrik Åhrman is waiting for a new kidney, which would allow him to stop dialysis. " The specific factors slowing the development of home dialysis are not detailed, and the medical criteria for eligibility for home dialysis versus hospital dialysis remain unclear.

I am in the queue at Sahlgrenska so by June at the latest, there should be a transplantation.

Fredrik Åhrman, Patient
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