What Can I Do for Dark Skin with Dialysis

“I am a dialysis patient. My skin is getting extremely dark now. What can I do?” Dark skin is a common compliant of kidney failure patients on dialysis. And with the going of dialysis, it becomes more and more severe. In this article, renal experts from Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital will tell you how to treat such a problem.

Dark skin is a side effect of dialysis.

Dialysis is a commonly used kidney replacement treatment for kidney failure patients, but it can not replace your kidneys completely. In many dialysis centers, to lower the cost, they use dialysis catheters that can only filter the micromolecule waste products from blood, which over time can lead to inadequate dialysis. When there are a lot of waste products building up in body, they may affect your skin conditions, causing dark skin. Besides, dialysis may cause some other side effects, such as fatigue, low blood pressure, muscle cramp, skin itch, etc.

Ways to help you relieve dark skin caused by dialysis

You should change the current dialysis into some other blood purification therapies to have a thorough cleanse of the blood.

In Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, we use Blood Pollution Therapy to help kidney failure patients. This therapy is a combined method of many blood purification technics, which do not only help you cleanse the blood thoroughly, but also remove stasis from blood vessels to improve blood circulation. It can also provide your body with essential elements to stimulate its self-healing. In addition, it can maintain a good blood environment for the damaged kidneys to regain their ability. As long as your kidney function improves to certain extent, you can avoid dialysis and get rid of its various side effects.

What can I do for dark skin with dialysis? You can use some other blood purification therapies to help have a thorough cleanse of the blood. If you are interested in the above treatment, you can leave a message below or send emails to kidneycares@hotmail.com. Later our nephrologist will contact you and give you personalized guidance on treatment.