Best Method to Improve High Blood Pressure for Dialysis Patients

2014-04-14 08:01

High blood pressure is a common symptom for dialysis patients. If it can not be controlled effectively, it will further damage your kidneys and your remaining kidney function will lose completely. What is the best method to improve high blood pressure for dialysis patients? In the following, we have a discuss.

Lifestyle modification

Fluid restriction is often prescribed for dialysis patients, in case that there are too much fluid building up between dialysis sessions. Besides, a more appropriate therapy for dialysis patients would be to restrict dietary sodium intake. A 2-g sodium diet is commonly recommended. Sometimes dialysate sodium is also a source of sodium. Individualizing sodium prescription may be useful in lowering blood pressure.

Apart from diet, dialysis patients can do some exercise, which is also good for improving high blood pressure. But you should consult a doctor to make sure whether your medical condition is right for exercises.

Drug therapies

Several classes of antihypertensive drugs are available, such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors), ARBs, calcium-channel blockers, beta-blockers, etc. They can help control high blood pressure quickly, but long term use of these drugs, many side effects appear.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine. As we all know, TCM is almost from nature, which means there are few side effects if you follow the instruction of the doctor. This therapy can inhibit the kidney inflammation to prevent further damage, dilate blood vessels to improve ischemia and anoxia in the kidneys, block blood clotting to provide a good blood system, and degrade extracellular matrix to prevent kidney fibrosis. Short term treatment can help you improve high blood pressure and long term treatment can improve your kidney function. It is likely that you reduce dialysis frequency and even get rid of dialysis.

You had better combine the above together. Only in this way can you have a better control of your blood pressure.

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