How to Treat Constipation for Dialysis Patients with PKD

2014-04-08 02:20

Constipation is a common symptom for dialysis patients, which can be caused by many factors. And constipation means people have less than three bowel movements per week, and the stools are usually hard, dry and difficult to pass. In this article, we will help dialysis patients with PKD to solve their problems of constipation.

Why dialysis patients with PKD have constipation?

There are many factors that can cause constipation for dialysis patients. The main cause is because of dialysis patients need to limit their diet and restrict the fluid intake. As we know, high fiber foods can help promote the bowel movements, and the high fiber often consist in fruits and vegetables, which are often high in potassium and phosphorus. But dialysis patients need to limit the high potassium and high phosphorus foods in their daily diet, so this will cause constipation.

How to treat constipation for dialysis patients with PKD?

Diet

A high fiber diet will be the best way for dialysis patients to relieve their constipation, and the doctors recommend people to consume 20-35 g fibers within a day. For dialysis patients, they are not allowed to take whole grains and dried beans in their diet, although they are high fiber, but it will cause damage to kidneys. They are suggested to take some suitable fruits and vegetables, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, grapes, carrots, corn and green beans. Patients should follow the advice of their doctors and choose the right and suitable vegetables and fruits for them.

Fiber supplements

Because of the limitation, dialysis patients with PKD may cant get enough fibers from their diet, in this condition, they need to take some fiber supplements, which can resolve their problem of constipation. There are several kinds of fiber supplements, which can be get in a drugstore, or dialysis can ask their doctor to supply them some fiber supplements.

Medications

For some severe cases, it may cause no function even they take some fiber supplements. So they need to take some medicines to help them make bowel movements. Dialysis patients need to ask their doctors to give them a certain drugs, such as a stool softener or a laxative that they can take to make regular bowel movements.

Above, we mentioned the cause and treatment of constipation for dialysis patients with PKD, and we hope this will be beneficial for them, if you still have some questions, you can send an e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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