Why Do Some Patients In Dialysis Experience Jerking

“My father has been on dialysis for about 1 months now. He has started having some terrible body jerking”. This is a question from our mail box kidneycares@hotmail.com. Now follow us to see the causes and treatment for dialysis jerking.

This is a syndrome called Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Periodic Limb movement disorder (PLMD), which are both considered a neurologic disorder and can present with increased leg movement during sleep. These can occur as often as every 10 to 60 seconds. Due to the movements of the lower extremities, it could appear that a person is moving their whole body. This syndrome is related to the kidneys.

In order to relieve body jerking in dialysis patients, our hospital recommends Toxin-Removing Treatment which is a series of Chinese medicine treatments like Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Medicated Foot Bath, Mai Kang Mixture, Moxibustion Therapy, Medicinal Soup and Steaming Therapy, etc. Chinese medicine therapies will be different in Toxin-Removing Treatment due to different condition. Thus, patients need to come to our hospital personally. We will first give the patient a thorough check up to know the condition clearly. Then our doctor will choose proper treatments for you.

In Toxin-Removing Treatment, Chinese medicines first cleanse your blood through excreting toxins and wastes out of your body via urine, bowel movement and sweat glands. This can set up a clean blood environment for repairing injured kidney tissues and improving renal function. Chinese medicines can dilate blood vessels, improve blood circulation, prevent inflammation and coagulation, degrade extracellular matrix and provide various nutrients, which can stimulate the self-healing ability of injured kidney tissues and enhance renal function gradually. In this way, body jerking in dialysis can be treated from the root.

The root cause of jerking is from damaged kidneys. The therapy is Toxin-Removing Treatment. If you have any question, you can leave a message below or call 008618330110929.