Dialysis Leads to Kidney Cancer

2015-10-09 02:00

Dialysis Leads to Kidney Cancer Kidney cancer is a very tough problem for us, and can not be cured yet. In accordance with research, kidney cancer happens on people who are more than 40 mostly. Dialysis can increase the risk of kidney cancer.

For patients on dialysis, they may be at higher risk of getting kidney cancer if being on dialysis for many years. To tell the truth, it is not clear that why people get kidney cancer and the leading causes. But what we can make sure is kidney cancer is not contagious, thus people do not need to worry that they may get it from kidney cancer patients.

Besides, dialysis has side effects: low blood pressure, muscle cramps, restless leg syndrome, fatigue, skin problems. Long term dialysis does bad to patients. Chinese medicine can help improve kidney condition by repairing kidney damage and recovering kidney function. In this way, kidney will be under recovery gradually, making dialysis times get decreased. If in the end kidney function revive well enough, dialysis can be stopped completely. Hence, patients on dialysis can take Chinese medicine into consideration to treat kidney failure.

Apart from dialysis, others also make people have a higher risk of developing kidney cancer:

1. smoking

It is known that smoking is harmful for our health. It can not only increase the risk of lung cancer, but also contribute to kidney cancer.

2. obesity

Obesity is bad for our health, which can contributes to many diseases, including kidney cancer.

3. high blood pressure

It is shown that high blood pressure is likely to increase the risk of kidney cancer.

4. Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome

VHL is a rare disease that runs in families. It is caused by changes in the VHL gene. An abnormal VHL gene increases the risk of kidney cancer.

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