The recent trend of "super-tech blood filtration" has attracted the attention of many people with advertisements that it can prevent cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis and stroke. However, this method has many serious potential risks.
The recent trend of "super-tech blood filtration" has attracted the attention of many people with advertisements that it can prevent cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis and stroke. However, this method has many serious potential risks.
Recently, some medical facilities and social networking sites have promoted the trend of "super-tech blood filtration" with a cost of tens of millions of dong in just 2-3 hours, promising to prevent strokes, heart attacks, and even cancer. The advertisements claim that this method can eliminate blood fat, inflammatory substances, heavy metals, bacteria, and prevent diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, stroke, cerebrovascular accident, heart attack, cardiovascular disease, etc.
This process involves taking blood from a patient's vein, passing it through filters to separate the plasma and remove impurities. Once the plasma is clean, it is recombined with blood and returned to the body.
However, Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Nguyen Vinh, Vice President of the Vietnam Cardiovascular Association, affirmed that there is no scientific basis to show that dialysis can prevent stroke or myocardial infarction. The main factors leading to myocardial infarction are atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and lipid disorders, which accumulate over many years to cause the disease.
Atherosclerosis is caused by plaques made of fat, cholesterol, calcium and other substances in everyday foods. This is a natural aging process that begins when we are young and continues throughout our lives. When filtering blood, the filter does not distinguish between good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL), so it can remove beneficial cholesterol, which is harmful to the health of blood vessels and the heart.
In addition, the blood filtration process can also remove albumin - an important protein in the blood, along with electrolyte-disrupting substances, negatively affecting health. "Improper blood filtration can lead to infections and other serious complications," Associate Professor, Dr. Vinh warned.
Sharing the same view, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Lan Hieu, Director of Hanoi Medical University Hospital, warned that advertisements for "blood purification and detoxification" with low cost and short duration have no scientific basis. He affirmed that blood purification is only indicated when the patient has a specific diagnosis, such as kidney failure or acute pancreatitis.
Similarly, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Duc, Head of the Department of Neurology (Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City) affirmed that blood filtration techniques cannot change risk factors, so they cannot prevent strokes and heart attacks.
Dialysis is only indicated when medical treatments are ineffective. "Incorrectly prescribing dialysis can cause patients to lose money and suffer from disabilities," Dr. Dung emphasized.
Hemodialysis is a complex technique that must be performed at specialized medical facilities with modern equipment and a sterile environment.
According to experts, if dialysis is performed incorrectly, it can cause the risk of contracting diseases such as hepatitis B, C, or dangerous allergic reactions. Furthermore, this method is not covered by health insurance, so performing such therapies at unlicensed facilities is extremely risky.
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