Headaches Since Starting Dialysis: What Is the Matter

2014-03-19 01:08

Many patients reflect that they have a lot of problems with headaches since starting dialysis. What is the matter? If you are interested in this topic, please go on reading. And in the following you will have a general general knowledge.

Causes of headache for dialysis patients

The most common cause of headache is related to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome, which occurs when high levels of urea is removed from the blood, resulting in the low plasma osmotic pressure, while the urea in the cells and tissues outside blood vessels is still not cleared. Under the pressure difference function, fluid will gradually shift into the tissues and cells from the plasma. In central nervous system, it will cause cerebral swelling and high intracranial pressure. And this is the cause of headache.

Several other factors are associated with headaches as well, such as high blood pressure, high sodium intake, intradialytic hypotension and a possible connection with low magnesium.

Treatment for headache for dialysis patients

-If your headache is very severe, you should talk with your doctor. Some painkillers may be prescribed to alleviate headache.

-Sodium restriction and appropriate blood pressure medications are effective in reducing both headaches and high blood pressure.

-Too much intake of sodium and fluid causes high blood pressure before dialysis and if too much fluid is removed during dialysis, it results in intradialytic hypotension. So you should watch your salt and fluid intake between the dialysis sessions

Headache is just one of the side effects of dialysis. If you have had enough of them, Polluted Blood Therapy, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies may be a good choice. According to your physical condition, different treatment is applied. They can repair your damaged kidneys and improve kidney function. Many patients in our hospital have said goodbye to dialysis.

Hope the above information can help you. With the help of online doctors, you can learn more detailed information.

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