Will Dialysis Cause Fever in Kidney Failure

2014-09-20 02:16

Patient: My father has been suffered from kidney failure for more than 25 years, and he has been started dialysis in 2012. He does dialysis 3 times a week. But recently, he suffers from a low grade fever, so I am worried about him. Will dialysis cause fever? And is it dangerous for my father?

Doctor: In fact, fever is a common and dangerous condition during or after dialysis, and it can also be life-threatening for dialysis patients, so we need to pay attention to this condition, and have early treatment.

First, let’s get the main cause of fever in dialysis

The main cause of fever in dialysis is caused by the infections, such as exposure to invasive devices, immunosuppression, the lack of physical barries between patients in the outpatien hemodialysis environment and frequent contact with healthcare workers during procedures and care, etc, all these can easily cause infections, which will worsen the illness condition of patients. So patients need to have effective treatment to prevent the infections.

Second, how to prevent the infections in dialysis?

From above, we can know the main cause of fever in dialysis is caused by the infections, so patients need to have treatment to prevent the infections. They need first get the main cause of infection, and they have specific treatment.

In addition, the infections are mainly caused by the poor immune system in dialysis, so your father also need to have treatment to help improve the immune system, which can help prevent the infections from root.

Here we recommend Chinese herbal medicine, which can help improve the immune system, and this can also help protect the kidney function. If you want to get the specific information of the herbal treatment, you can send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, we will contact you within 24 hours.

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