What Causes Confusion After Dialysis

2014-12-12 03:48

Dialysis is an artificial kidney and it helps kidney disease patients a lot. However, it will also cause some side effects. Confusion is one of the complications. Well, what causes confusion after dialysis?

1. high toxins in blood

diseased kidneys fail to remove wastes and toxins from the blood. Thus, toxins will pile up in the blood. This will affect central nervous system easily. With abnormal nervous system, various symptoms will occur. If left untreated, confusion, muscle cramp, hallucination and even coma appear.

2. vitamin B12 deficiency

dialysis can regulate electrolyte balance to some extent, but it only replace part of kidney function. For people with severe kidney disease, vitamin b12 deficiency often occurs. With this problem, patients are easy to get confused.

3. low blood sugar

diabetes patients have a high risk to experience kidney disease, so well control of diabetes is one important step in their whole treatment. Under such condition, insulin or some other medications may be given to lower high blood sugar levels. However, some medications may lead to low blood sugar, and confusion will at this time occur.

4. side effects of medications

kidney disease patients will take many medications to control their symptoms. However, overdose or incorrect of these medicines may cause some side effects. Among which confusion is one of them.

If you want to avoid confusion, you can have a try of herbal medicines. They are natural and effective for kidney disease. More importantly, some of the herbs have a big benefit in repairing damaged kidney tissues and improving kidney function. With enhanced renal function, dialysis frequency can be reduced and dialysis can even be avoided. If you have interest in herbal treatment, you can leave us a message below or have a talk with our online doctor.

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