What Causes PKD Patients Breathing Difficulties After Dialysis

2014-09-23 08:49

Patient: Hi, my mother with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) has dialysis yesterday, but she is having problem with her breathing, can you tell me what causes this to happen?

Doctor: Actually breathing problem can be caused by many factors. For example:

1. Fluid overload

The breathing difficulty is from fluid overload. She has to be careful about her salt and fluid intake. Because your mother probably does not urinate as much as you once did, fluid may build up in her system during dialysis treatment. Dialysis removes the excess fluid from her blood. Dialysis patients cannot drink as much as they once did. The dialysis staff will tell you how much fluid you can drink every day. If you drink too much, you may become quite ill. Problems include increased blood pressure, swelling and shortness of breath.

2. Pulmonary edema

The other factor for breath difficulty in your mother may be congestive heart failure, which entails pulmonary edema, or fluid accumulation within her lung. This occurs when the kidneys cannot adequately remove excessive body fluids. Due to her failed kidneys, some medications cannot be prescribed to alleviate her pulmonary edema. In this case, your mother also suffers from difficulty breath or shortness of breath.

Although dialysis is necessary for eliminating fluid and toxins from the body, it also causes many side effects. That is why many PKD patients reject dialysis and want to take alternative and natural treatment. As for the treatment of PKD, the experts in Shi Jiazhuang Kidney Disease hospital recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to shrink kidney cyst and improve renal function. When kidney function is improved, dialysis may be delayed and dialysis times can be reduced. Thus, breath difficulty and other side effects of dialysis may be alleviated effectively. If you want to learn more about our Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, you can consult our online doctor or leave a message to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. You will get the answer from us as soon as possible.

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