Poor Appetite on Dialysis

2015-09-22 11:07

Patients on dialysis are very prone to poor appetite, and many patients wonder how bad appetite is caused by dialysis and if there are good ways to alleviate it. This time we will mainly explain poor appetite on dialysis.

The below factors can contribute to poor appetite for patients on dialysis:

1. side effects of dialysis

It is known that dialysis can lead to many side effects on patients, such as nausea, vomiting, itching problems, skin problems and low blood pressure. In this situation, appetite can be affected, resulting in bad appetite.

2. hypokalemia

As blood is filtered in dialysis machine, loss of minerals and nutrition can be commonly seen for patients. Hypokalemia is very likely to happen, which can contribute to poor appetite.

3. affected nerve system

Due to kidney failure, large amounts of wastes and toxins can build up in body, which has bad effects on other parts of body, nerve system included. Neurasthenia makes people have poor appetite.

4. swelling

Retention of fluids in body can appear in dialysis patients. And swelling may affect many parts of body like legs, face, feet or organs. In this way, patients may have the feeling of reluctance to eat food.

How to alleviate bad appetite?

Patients can have some medicine which can improve appetite in daily life, but remember to consult your doctors at first. It is also necessary to talk with doctors and technicians of dialysis to adjust dialysis to control the symptom of bad appetite to a min degree.

Besides, Chinese medicine can help improve kidney condition, as well as the whole body system by promoting blood circulation, expanding blood vessels and prevent inflammation. In this way, poor appetite can be alleviated from the root.

Patients on dialysis need to take care of themselves to alleviate and prevent side effects of dialysis in life. Communicating with your doctors is a necessity. Any question or more information, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. Reply will be given very soon.

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