Kidney Failure and Taking Iron Pills for Anemia

For patients with kidney failure, they are very prone to anemia. And some always take iron pills to help treat anemia. Then can it be very effective? Now see the below:

Firstly, see how anemia is caused by kidney failure?

Due to kidney damage, red blood cells can leak out from glomerular filtration membrane, leading to blood in urine. In the long term, anemia can be resulted in at last.

Anemia can lead to headache, nausea, fatigue, which can affect normal life very much.

Then can anemia be treated with iron pills?

Patients with kidney failure can use iron pills which can promote body to produce blood to alleviate anemia. However, as kidney is impaired, red blood cells can leak through urine continuously. Thus, taking iron pills can not solve problems fundamentally. Repairing kidney damage can help solve anemia fundamentally.

Chinese medicines can be the good option to recover kidney function by preventing inflammation and infection, promoting blood circulation, expanding blood vessels, and supplying rich nutrients. Thus, kidney function can be under under recovery gradually.

As a consequent, we can conclude that iron pills and Chinese medicines can help treat anemia in kidney failure very well.

Besides, a healthy diet is also necessary, for instance, low protein, low phosphorus, low potassium, low salt or sodium. And if edema is serious, they need also limit water in daily life.

In a word, taking iron pills is not enough for treating anemia in kidney failure, with good diet and Chinese medicines can achieve great results at last. Thus, they can have a try of this treatment. If you have more question or want to know more information, please leave a message, talk with us , or email us freely any time. We will give you a good reply as soon as possible.