Dialysis and Weak Legs

2015-02-25 07:18

 

Dialysis is a replacement treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys lost most of their function, or have less than 15% kidney function, and dialysis can help prolong their life expectancy. However, the long term dialysis will cause some severe complications for patients, and the weak legs is a common one. Then what can cause weak legs with dialysis?

In fact, there are some factors that can cause weak legs with dialysis, which are as follows:

1. Low potassium and low calcium level in blood

Do you have done any blood tests? Is your potassium level or calcium level getting too low in blood? The low potassium and low calcium in blood can both cause pains and weakness in legs.

2. Side effects of medicines

Weak legs, muscle pain or muscle weakness can be a rare complication caused by the statin drugs, which is called rhabdomyolysis.

3. Malnutrition

For dialysis patients, they need to make strict limitation of their diet, and there will be some nutrients removed during dialysis. All these will cause malnutrition for dialysis patients, which can lead to weak legs.

4. Anemia

As we know, anemia is a common complication for kidney failure patients, and it may easily cause fatigue or muscle weakness for patients.

5. Lack of exercises

The lack of exercises can also cause the muscle weakness for dialysis patients. For most of the dialysis patients, they are recommended to have a good rest, so they will be physical debilitated. As we know, the tiny capillary blood vessels can feed the muscles, but uremia will cause damage to these vessels, then dialysis patients will get muscle weakness. If they take proper exercises, it can help produce more tiny capillary blood vessels, which can help build up their muscles. Above are some of the common causes of weak legs with dialysis. So patients need to first find the basic cause and then take effective treatment. If you want to get more treatment for weak legs in dialysis, you can ask online doctor, or you can also leave a message below. We will do our best to help you.

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