If someone needs dialysis, why can’t they live the rest of their lives on dialysis if it filters the blood?

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I feel like it would clear the waste and everything else so why do people still die even if the dialysis is taking over the function of the kidneys or anything else?

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they can, but it will shorten their expected life, not to mention that dialysis is rough on the patients receiving it, the dialysis diet is super restrictive and annoying. It’s a temporary procedure to keep patients alive until transplants are ready

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