Dr. Abhishek Shukla explained that dialysis and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) go hand in hand, as dialysis becomes essential when kidneys permanently lose their filtering ability. Dialysis is a life-sustaining treatment that removes waste products, toxins, and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys can no longer perform these functions. There are two main types: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In hemodialysis, the patient’s blood is filtered through a dialysis machine and then retur