Life Expectancy of a Diabetic on Dialysis

- Dr Rajasekhara Chakravarthi

Sr Nephrologist

Now a days the number of patients that we have dialysis across the country in any dialysis unit is 30-40% patients because of diabetic nephropathy, whenever a patient is on dialysis for several years are due to either a cardiac disease or infections,It should be noted that the average life expectancy of someone on dialysis is only five years.