Bad Taste in Mouth in Kidney Failure

Bad taste in mouth is a common complaint for people with kidney failure.This annoying disorder can cause poor appetite and even affect their mood very badly.What is the cause of bad taste in mouth in kidney failure and how to solve this condition.

Kidneys act like a sewage plant and it can filter out the extra fluid and waste products from body in the form of urine.In Kidney Failure,however,the kidneys become less capable of performing the function.Hence,high levels of waste products will build up in body like creatinine,urea nitrogen,uric acid etc. If the concentration of urea nitrogen is very high in salvia,the urea nitrogen will be decomposed into ammonia under the effect of urease.Ammonia can cause very bad taste in mouth for kidney failure patients.

What to do with bad taste in mouth in kidney failure  patients?

Bad taste in mouth can make what you eat and drink taste different and cause bad breath. Severely, throwing up can occur. Therefore, it is important to take steps to control it.

Firstly, you should pay more attention to dental hygiene.Brush teeth at least twice a day in the morning after getting up and again before going to bed.

Secondly, gum can help you relieve the bad taste in mouth.

Thirdly, Dialysis can help relieve bad taste in mouth as it can help clear up the waste products from body.

However,the above measures only can help relieve bad taste in mouth in kidney failure.As the underlying cause of the condition is kidney impairment,to control it fundamentally, you should have a treatment to restore the impaired kidney structure and reverse kidney damage.Hot Compress Therapy and Blood Purification can treat kidney failure fundamentally by recovering renal function remarkably.