Dialysis Can Cause Dry Skin for Patients

2016-01-05 09:00

Dry skin can happen on patients on dialysis commonly, and it is a side effect of dialysis. Dry skin makes us feel uncomfortable and itching. This time we will introduce how dry skin is caused and how to treat it effectively.

For patients with dialysis, kidney function is left less than 15%, and large amount of wastes and toxins build up in body, which can affect skin system, sweat gland and oil glands. In this way, skin can be dried out. Dry skin is very annoying for patients by causing itching, infection and slow speed of healing for wound.

Thus, how to treat dry skin from dialysis?

Medicines and skin protection products can be helpful for alleviate dry skin o some degree. But the fundamental cause of dry skin is very low kidney function. Patients should improve kidney function to decrease dialysis times to avoid and treat dry skin, which is the best treatment. Hot Compress Therapy which is one of Chinese medicine systematic treatment can make dialysis patients recover kidney function gradually, because it can make blood circulation get promoted, blood vessels get expanded, inflammation get prevented, immunity get enhanced, fibrosis get degraded. In this case, kidney damage will be under recover and kidney function will be under recovery.

In addition, dialysis patients need to pay high attention to daily diet: low protein but a little more than before dialysis, low phosphorus and potassium, low sodium, low fat and cholesterol, more iron and vitamins. Having a kidney-friendly diet is good for alleviating dry skin from dialysis. Hot Compress Therapy is easy and convenient to operate: lying on bed, with the permeator, elements can penetrate into kidney when two bags of Chinese medicine are put in kidney place. After the treatment, toxins and wastes will be eliminated very effectively and whole body can be improved well. If you have any question, or need more information, leave a message or contact our online doctor anytime, reply will be given very soon for you.

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