Amyloidosis causes the protein amyloid to be deposited within blood vessels in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, which may increase the fragility of the blood vessels, causing purpura. When a person develops bruising around the eyes or bruising after only light stoking, doctors may suspect amyloidosis.
Noun. 1. dialysis-separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes. chemical analysis, qualitative analysis-the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements.
Hemodialysis is a treatment that involves a pump that circulates a patient's blood through tubing to a semipermeable membrane and returns the blood to the patient. The patient's blood is on one side of the semipermeable membrane and the dialysate bath is on the other side. The dialysate both is made up of bicarbonate, treated water and acid concentrate. The acid concentrate contains specific concentrations of potassium, sodium, magnesium and other electrolytes as well as glucose.