Is Fever a Bad Indication After Dialysis

2014-05-16 03:47

Is fever a bad indication after dialysis? Since fever is a common complication for dialysis patients, so more and more dialysis patients will be worries about this condition. In order to answer this question, we need to know some knowledge about dialysis and fever for kidney disease patients.

Dialysis is a replace treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidney function is less than 15%, or they have been suffer from some severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure, severe swelling, skin itching, etc. And dialysis can help relieve these symptoms, which will be helpful for the illness condition for kidney disease patients. However, for dialysis patients, they will also experience some side effects for them, which will be bad for dialysis patients. Fever is one of common side effects for dialysis patients, which can be caused by many factors.

1. Infections

For dialysis patients, they often have a low immunity, which will cause infections for them, and infections will cause further damage for dialysis patients, which can also cause fever for them.

2. Polluted dialysis equipment

The polluted dialysis equipments can also cause infection for dialysis patients, and this can also cause fever for them.

3. Acute hemolysis and high temperature dialysis can also cause the symptom of fever.

Above are the common causes of fever for dialysis patients, and the unwell controlled fever will cause severe damage to kidneys, which will worsen the illness condition. So fever is a bad indicator for dialysis patients, and they need to have effective treatment to control their fever.

They need to first find the main cause of their fever, and then have expectant treatment to control the fever, which will be beneficial for their illness condition. if you are suffering the same condition, you can contact with our experts online, they will help you answer your questions freely.

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