Why Urine Is Red During Dialysis

Dialysis, a treatment that uses a special machine to replace the kidneys in filtering waste from the bloodstream, may produce some side effects like red urine. Why urine is red during dialysis? In this article, you will find the answer.

1. How does red urine occur during dialysis?

Inflammation such as glomerular nephritis and urinary tract infection is the most common reason for blood in urine. If kidney filters, glomeruli, are damaged, red blood cells will leak into urine while urinary tract infection often occurs along with hematuria.

Besides, if you have kidney stone or your kidney failure is due to lupus nephritis or diabetic nephropathy, blood in urine may occur.

2. What is the treatment for red urine during dialysis?

Different cause of red urine requires different treatment. Thus, the first step is to find the cause. If you do not know what is the exact cause, you can consult our online doctor or send your medical report to kidneycares@hotmail.com. After analyzing your illness condition, our doctor will give you treatment plan.

Have more rest

Avoiding strenuous exercise is one way to relieve blood in urine. If your blood urine is severe, you need to stay in bed.

Control inflammation and infection

Your doctors may prescribe you some antibiotics to control your inflammation and infection. But, antibiotics should not be taken for a long time because they may cause some side effects. Natural remedy for inflammation and infection can be taken into consideration. Cranberry juice is one good way to control infection.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy

If your blood in urine is due to damaged glomeruli, you can try Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. This therapy is a herbal-based treatment and also involves advanced medical machine-Osmosis device in our hospital-Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital. The active ingredients can come to kidney lesion directly and have the ability of fixing impaired glomeruli and improving kidney function. More importantly, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can reduce dialysis times or even stop dialysis successfully.

I hope the above information is helpful for you. If you have any doubt, please feel free to tell us or leave us a message below.