What to Get Correct Dry Weight for Hemodialysis Patients

Dry weight is an indicator of adequate dialysis through which you can control water intake well, prevent water retention and avoid excessive filtration. What to get correct dry weight for hemodialysis patients?

-Self-assessment

There is no swelling on face, legs and hands. After dialysis, there is no high blood pressure. If you have the above symptoms, you should tell your doctor to judge whether the water is taken off right or not.

-Weigh yourself correctly

You had better prepare two same suits, which are put on during dialysis. This can prevent dry weight error due to the change of clothes.

-Do examination regularly

It is necessary for you to do examinations such as blood tests and cardiac echo every month to set up a correct dry weight.

-Diet restriction

The amount of dehydration should no more than 5% of dry weight. During two dialysis sessions, the increase of weight should be attached importance, which can help you protect your heart and lung so as to prolong your life.

If you have had enough dialysis, why not choose some alternative treatment to get rid of dialysis?

In our Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, we have treated thousands of kidney failure patients home and abroad and help them reduce dialysis frequency or even avoid dialysis. The characterized treatment of our hospital for kidney failure is Blood Pollution Therapy. It is to cleanse all kinds of waste products in the blood to set up a clean blood environment for the damaged kidneys. It can also remove stasis from the blood vessels to increase blood flow in the kidneys so that blood, nutrient and active ingredients of medicine can go into the kidneys to help your damaged kidneys restore their function. Generally speaking, after 7-10 days’ treatment, some symptoms will alleviate, such as weakness, cold limbs, poor sleeping quality. After 30-45 days’ treatment, your kidney function will improve gradually. To regain more kidney function, you may have to keep on treatment for several months. With the improvement of kidney function, you can return to a relatively normal life.

What to get correct dry weight for hemodialysis patients? Now you know how to do it. If you are interested in our treatment for kidney failure and want to improve your own kidney function, please feel free to contact online doctor or leave a message below.