Fatigue and lack of strength and energy are common in dialysis and impact on daily living, impairs significantly the quality of life, increase the risk of cardiovascular events and negatively influences survival. Well, how to fight the fatigue and lack of strength and energy in dialysis?
1. First, what causes fatigue in dialysis patients?
Anemia and fatigue
Anemia resulting from reduced erthroproietin production due to kidney impairment. It is an important contributor to fatigue in dialysis.
Sleep problem
Kidney disease patients usually suffer from sleep problem caused by itchy skin, restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea. These all result in fatigue and lack of strength and energy in dialysis patients.
2. How to fight fatigue and lack of energy in dialysis?
EPO supplements to increase the amount of red blood cells and alleviate fatigue. Your doctor may prescribe you with some EPO supplements.
Since the real cause of fatigue and lack of energy is the decline of kidney function, the main method to treat fatigue is to improve renal function. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy aims at repairing kidney damage and improving kidney function.
This therapy is different from oral taking medicine and it is used externally. With the help of osmosis device and through the permeating the skin, the active ingredients can come to kidney lesion directly. Patients just need to lie on the bed to take this treatment. Through expanding blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix and providing necessary nutrients, kidney lesion can be repaired to some extent in such a good environment. Kidney function can also be improved gradually with this therapy.
With the improved kidney function, kidneys will secrete enough erythropoietin and fatigue will be alleviated radically.
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