How to Deal With Swollen Cheek in Kidney Failure

2015-01-26 01:45

Kidney failure is a kind of kidney diseases, which refers to gradually reduction of kidney function. When patients suffer from kidney failure, they will have some severe symptoms due to low kidney function, and swollen cheek is a common one. Then what can cause swollen cheek in kidney failure? And how to deal with swollen cheek in kidney failure?

First, let’s get the main causes of swollen cheek in kidney failure.

As we know, normal kidneys have the function of removing excess fluid out into urine. For kidney failure patients, when their kidneys are damaged, the kidneys will fail to work well. Then patients will have fluid retention in body. Usually the swollen is first occur in face, eyelids, ankles, lower legs, feet, etc. Swollen cheek means the fluid retention in face, which is mainly caused by kidney damage.

In addition, when the kidneys cant work well, it will also fail to excrete the sodium out, which will cause fluid-sodium retention in blood, and this can also cause the swollen cheek.

Second, how to deal with swollen cheek in kidneys?

1. Limit the fluid intake

Since the swollen cheek is mainly due to the fluid retention, so patients need to limit the fluid intake, which can prevent the worsen of their illness condition.

2. Limit the salt intake

Patients also need to limit the salt and other high sodium foods intake, which can prevent the fluid-sodium retention in body, then it can also help relieve the swollen in cheek.

3. Diuretics

Since the diuretic has the function of increasing urine output and remove the fluid out, then it can help control the swollen face for patients. But patients need to follow the advice of their doctor to take proper amount of diuretic depending on their own illness condition.

4. Chinese Medicine

Since the swollen cheek is mainly caused by kidney damage in kidney failure, so patients need to have effective treatment to repair the kidney damage and improve kidney function. Then it can help control the swollen cheek from root.

Chinese medicine include Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Foot Bath Therapy, Medicated Bath Therapy, Oral Chinese Medicine Therapy, Enema Therapy, etc, all these can help improve the kidney function through systemic treatment.

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