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Vaginal Dryness: Women
Transplant and peritoneal
dialysis may be about
the same.
Studies show just as many women on
each treatment have vaginal dryness.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant and in-center
hemodialysis may be about
the same.
Studies show just as many women on
each treatment have vaginal dryness.
Here’s what one study showed:
In-center hemodialysis may
be about the same or better
than peritoneal dialysis.
In some cases, studies show just as
many women on peritoneal dialysis as
women on hemodialysis have vaginal
dryness. In other cases, somewhat more
women on peritoneal dialysis have
vaginal dryness.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant In-center
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant Peritoneal
Dialysis
20 out of 100 women with a
transplant had vaginal dryness.
16 out of 100 women with a
transplant had vaginal dryness.
22 out of 100 women on peritoneal
dialysis had vaginal dryness.
20 out of 100 women on in-center
hemodialysis had vaginal dryness.
16 out of 100 women on peritoneal
dialysis had vaginal dryness.
22 out of 100 women on in-center
hemodialysis had vaginal dryness.
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
= 1 woman with vaginal dryness
= 1 woman without vaginal dryness
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