The human body is in incredibly complex collaboration of even more complex and tightly intertwined systems, entirely dependent upon one another for optimal operation and to keep you happy, healthy, and alive.
Osmosis is one of those critical utterly systems that you depend on every single moment of every single day, a system that allows different materials to pass between different cells through the membrane structures – essentially feeding different cells bypassing nutrients from one to another.
Dialysis, on the other hand, is a medical procedure that works to keep you alive when you are kidneys are no longer functioning the way they need to. Not only does dialysis work to filter blood and liquids in your body (by separating excess water and excess waste), but it also lightens the load on other critical bodily systems as well.
Understanding the difference between osmosis and dialysis is mission critical. Pay attention to the inside information we are able to share below and you will be able to effortlessly understand exactly which each of these two very involved processes entail.
Breaking Down Osmosis
As mentioned above, osmosis takes place inside all of your cells and is a 100% natural process that allows different cells to absorb and diffuse different nutrients that are passed between said impermeable membranes.
Osmosis works in three different stages (hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic), all of which have to do with different pressures inside the cells as well as outside their some permeable membranes.
Standard osmosis works to push different material from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, while reverse osmosis involves the transportation of material outside of the cell through the semi permeable membrane to the exterior area.
Breaking Down Dialysis
Dialysis is not a bodily function but instead a major medical procedure that allows your body to filter out waste, access water, and other toxins the way that you are kidneys would if they were functioning correctly.
Most commonly used when and organ transplant is needed (to lighten the load on kidneys) this procedure is also very effective for those that have had kidney shutdown or need to alleviate a lot of the stress or pressure that they are placing upon their kidneys every day.
At the end of the day, there are some similarities between osmosis and dialysis but the major difference is and always will be the fact that osmosis is natural while dialysis is a man-made procedure.
