How to Treat Dry Skin in Hemodialysis

2014-04-18 02:04

How to Treat Dry Skin in HemodialysisHow to treat dry skin in hemodialysis? Since dry skin is a common symptom for hemodialysis patients, so they often concern about this question. In this article, we will help these patients to answer this question.

What is dry skin?

Dry skin is a medical condition with the feeling of skin tightness, and people will have this experience after swimming, showering and bathing, etc. And dry skin is also a common symptom for hemodialysis patients, which cause many confusions for them.

What are the main cause of dry skin for hemodialysis patients?

Dry skin can be caused by many factors for hemodialysis patients. For kidney failure patients, because of their severe kidney damage, the kidneys will fail to work well. As we know, kidneys have the function of producing some kinds of hormones. When the kidneys are damaged, the oil gland will fail to excrete enough oil to keep water in skin.

In addition, because of the kidney damage, it can also cause high phosphorus level in blood, and thus will also cause dry skin and itchy skin.

How to treat dry skin for hemodialysis patients?

Here are some methods which can help relieve the dry skin for hemodialysis patients.

- Avoid hot shower, because it can worsen the dry skin

- Smear moisturizing and high water content cream on the skin after bathing

- Avoid the creams which contains alcohol

From this, it can help hemodialysis patients relieve their dry skin. However, since the main cause of dry skin is because of the kidney damage, so patients need to have treatment to repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function.

Here we recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help remove the toxins and wastes from blood, it can also help lower high phosphorus level in blood. In addition, it can also repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function. Through a systemic treatment, it will help relieve the dry skin of hemodialysis patients fundamentally.

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