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How to book holiday dialysis abroad: a step-by-step guide
Booking dialysis abroad in 6 steps: when to start, which documents your home unit prepares, how sessions are confirmed and what to check before you fly.
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Practical guides for patients and families: travelling on dialysis, diet, treatments and everyday life.
Travel on dialysis
What dialysis patients say about travelling: 4 key findings from research
Surveys of dialysis patients on holiday: why many stay home, what blocks them, and what makes a trip work. Key figures with sources.
Living with dialysis
Travelling with a loved one on dialysis: a guide for families
For spouses, children and caregivers of dialysis patients: how to prepare a trip together, share the load and enjoy a real holiday as a family.
Travel on dialysis
The complete dialysis travel checklist (printable)
Everything a dialysis patient should pack: medical documents, medication, fistula care, diet tips and contacts. A simple checklist before any trip abroad.
Destinations
When to travel on dialysis: weather chart for Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco
Average winter temperatures compared for holiday dialysis destinations, and the best months to visit Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco on dialysis.
Travel on dialysis
How much does dialysis abroad cost, and who pays?
Price of a holiday dialysis session abroad, what is included, and how reimbursement by your health insurer may work. Questions to ask before you book.
Treatments
12 questions to ask a dialysis centre abroad before you book
How to choose a safe holiday dialysis centre: the questions to ask about doctors, machines, infection control, emergencies and price.
Travel on dialysis
Flying on dialysis: 9 tips for a comfortable flight
Can you fly on dialysis? Yes. Practical tips on timing your sessions, fluids, swollen legs, fistula care and airport assistance.
Travel on dialysis
Planning excursions around your dialysis schedule
How to organise a holiday week on dialysis: when to plan excursions, how to use the days between sessions and why morning sessions help.
Treatments
Why dialysis centres abroad ask for hepatitis and HIV tests
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV serology before holiday dialysis: why they are required, how recent they must be and how to organise them.
Travel on dialysis
Dialysis in hot weather: staying safe in the sun
Heat makes you thirsty and changes your fluid balance. How dialysis patients can enjoy sunny holidays safely: fluids, salt, sun and blood pressure.
Travel on dialysis
Travelling with a fistula or a catheter: protect your access
Your vascular access is your lifeline. How to protect an AV fistula, graft or dialysis catheter during flights, at the beach and in the pool.
Living with dialysis
Your first trip after starting dialysis: overcoming the fear
Afraid of travelling for the first time on dialysis? How to build confidence step by step, from a short trip to a real holiday abroad.
Destinations
Visiting family in Tunisia, Morocco or Turkey while on dialysis
Going back to see family in Tunisia, Morocco or Turkey on dialysis: when to book, how to choose a centre near the family home and how to manage family meals.
Destinations
Holiday dialysis in Tunisia: the complete guide
Dialysis in Tunisia for tourists: cities with partner centres (Hammamet, Sousse, Djerba, Tunis), prices from €200, best season and practical tips.
Destinations
Holiday dialysis in Turkey: Istanbul, Antalya and beyond
Dialysis for tourists in Turkey: modern centres in Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir and Cappadocia, prices from €200, languages and best time to travel.
Destinations
Holiday dialysis in Morocco: Marrakech, Agadir and more
Dialysis in Morocco for tourists: centres in Marrakech, Agadir, Casablanca, Tangier and Fès, prices from €200 and why Morocco is the winter-sun favourite.
Destinations
Best winter-sun destinations for dialysis patients
Where to find winter sun on dialysis, a short flight from Europe: Agadir, Marrakech, Djerba and the Turkish coast compared.
Destinations
Spending the winter in the sun on dialysis: long stays abroad
How retired dialysis patients spend one to three months in the sun: booking long stays, blood tests, medication and contact with your home unit.
Diet & nutrition
Potassium and dialysis: the foods to watch
Why potassium matters on dialysis, which fruits and vegetables are high or lower in potassium, and simple cooking tricks to reduce it.
Diet & nutrition
Phosphorus on dialysis: why binders matter
High phosphorus weakens bones and damages blood vessels. Which foods contain it, the hidden phosphates in processed food, and how to take binders correctly.
Diet & nutrition
Living with a fluid limit: 12 tricks against thirst
Practical tips to manage your fluid allowance on dialysis, beat thirst and avoid heavy weight gain between sessions, at home and on holiday.
Diet & nutrition
Eating out abroad on dialysis: a Mediterranean guide
How to enjoy Tunisian, Turkish and Moroccan food on a kidney diet: dishes that suit dialysis, what to limit and how to order in restaurants.
Living with dialysis
Dialysis fatigue: causes and what really helps
Why so many dialysis patients feel tired, the common causes such as anaemia, sleep and fluid gains, and practical ways to get your energy back.
Living with dialysis
Exercise on dialysis: how to start safely
Physical activity improves energy, mood and strength for people on dialysis. Which exercises to choose, how to start and the warning signs to respect.
Living with dialysis
Emotional wellbeing on dialysis: you are not alone
Starting and living with dialysis affects mood and daily life. Common feelings, the support that exists and small habits that help.
Treatments
HD or HDF? Haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration explained
What is the difference between haemodialysis (HD) and haemodiafiltration (HDF)? How each works, and what to tell a centre abroad when you book.
Treatments
Dry weight: what it means and why it matters
Your dry weight is the target weight at the end of dialysis. How it is set, why it changes and why centres abroad need to know it.
Treatments
Haemodialysis vs peritoneal dialysis: what changes for travel
The two main types of dialysis compared, and how each one affects travelling: centre sessions for HD, supplies delivery for peritoneal dialysis.
Treatments
Dialysis glossary in English, French, Arabic and Turkish
The essential dialysis words in four languages, to communicate with nurses and doctors in Tunisia, Morocco and Turkey: fistula, dry weight, potassium and more.
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