How Can You Reduce Migraines if Doing Dialysis

During dialysis, you may suffer from a lot of side effects, one of which is migraines. Some researches show that about 70% of dialysis patients suffer from such a disorder. How can you reduce migraines if doing dialysis? Here renal experts from Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital will give you some suggestions.

Ways to help you reduce migraines

Do not take painkillers without the instruction of your doctors, because almost all of them have renal toxins. If your headache is very severe, you can try massage, acupuncture, moxibustion and so on to regulate the qi and blood flow through the channels so as to ease the pain. Besides, you should find out the underlying issue and then solve them. For example,

-Alleviate anemia

Pernicious anemia is a common complication of dialysis. It can make you have severe headache. In severe case, blood transfusion is needed. In other cases, you should take EPO and iron tablets to help improve anemia.

-Lower high blood pressure

You should take hypertensive medicines to help bring blood pressure down. And you should also follow a low salt diet and restrict fluid intake. Besides, to take part in some gentle exercises and keep positive attitude are helpful for you to control it as well.

-Reduce waste products accumulation

Simply dialysis can not help you have a thorough cleanse of the blood. And during two dialysis sessions, waste products build up again. Therefore, dialysis is not a good choice for you. In our hospital, Toxin-Removing Treatment is often applied into kidney failure treatment. It can help remove waste products from renal cells and blood to make a clean environment for the damaged. It can also improve blood circulation and increase blood flow into damaged kidneys to provide them with enough essential elements to speed up kidney recovery. With the improvement of kidney function, there won’t be so many wastes.

How can you reduce migraines if doing dialysis? You can try the above treatment. They can not only promote your living quality, but also improve kidney function to reduce dialysis frequency. For more information on our hospital and our treatment, please leave a message below or contact online doctor.