Common Side Effects of Dialysis

2015-11-07 09:25

Dialysis may be needed to help kidney filter the blood to remove excessive wastes and fluids in body, and regulate blood pressure. It is divided into hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis in general. But dialysis can cause side effects on patients, and this time we show you common side effects of dialysis.

Infection

Patients on dialysis should pay attention to infection during dialysis, which is a common side effects of dialysis. And the more frequency you get dialysis, the more chance of infection you get. The signs of infection in dialysis are fever, nausea, vomiting, stomachache. In addition, if there is inflammation or irritation where tube is inserted, some necessary medicine for antibiotic function is needed.

Skin itching

Patients on dialysis is very likely to get skin itching, skin dry, color change of skin. This is mostly caused by large amount of wastes and toxins building up in body. If you scratch it, the skin may become red and even cause skin infection. Thus, some necessary medicine for skin protection and itching is also needed.

Sleeping problems

It is very common for patients on dialysis to have sleeping problems after on dialysis. This is mainly due to muscle cramps, skin itching, nerve disorder caused by dialysis.

Dialysis is necessary for patients with very little kidney function to help alleviate symptoms and complications to improve health. But these side effects are inevitable for patients, and patients can talk with doctors to alleviate these at most. Chinese medicine which can improve kidney and recover kidney function is a good combination with dialysis for dialysis people, Chinese medicine can make dialysis times get declined gradually with kidney function turns better.

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