How To Alleviate Thirst In Dialysis Patients

2015-04-20 08:02

Thirst is a common symptom in dialysis patients. Of course, not all dialysis patients feel thirsty. Thirst will make you want to drink. Proper water intake is a difficult issue. The following are some tips for dialysis patients.

1. Adequacy of dialysis

Dialysis needs to cleanse metabolic products and fluid in your body fully, which makes patients adapt to dialysis and enter the maintenance period. In this condition, sufficient dialysis dosage will be applied. The better dialysis effect, the lighter your thirst degree.

2. tips for controlling your thirst

Fluid intake allowed per day should be equal distribution. Then fluid is fixed in containers or some fluid can be mixed with lemon juice to form ice block. When you feel thirsty, you can put a ice block into your mouth. Ice block will melt in your mouth slowly.

Drink water with a small cup by scale

If you feel a little thirsty, you can use a cotton swab to damp your lips or you can gargle. When you feel extremely thirsty, you can sip water instead of consuming in a few big gulps.

Low sodium intake: eat less pickled products, bacon or canned food.

You should drink ice water or hot water instead of warm water.

You can put a mint into your month when you feel thirsty.

Avoid spicy and stimulating foods

Of course, there are many other methods that can help alleviate thirst. But all of the above methods only cure the symptoms not the disease. If you want to alleviate thirst in dialysis patients radically, you should repair your kidney damage and improve renal function to avoid dialysis. To improve renal function, you can try Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which can improve blood circulation, dilating blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, and provide nutrients for damaged kidneys. Only in this way can renal function be improved and dialysis be reduced or even be avoided. Thus, thirst can be relieved radically and effectively.

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