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My Nerves
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Transplant and peritoneal
dialysis may be about
the same.
Studies show people on each treatment
feel just as nervous.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel just as nervous as
people with a transplant. Others on
hemodialysis feel a lot more nervous.
Here’s what one study showed:
It is hard to tell if
peritoneal dialysis or
in-center hemodialysis
is better.
In some cases, studies show people
on peritoneal dialysis feel more
nervous. But in other cases, people
on hemodialysis feel more nervous.
Here’s what one study showed:
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as nervous.
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as nervous.
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as nervous.
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How nervous people felt
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How nervous people felt
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How nervous people felt
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis