Sleep Disorder in Kidney Failure: Causes And Treatment

Kidney failure, or renal failure, refers that kidneys have been damaged severely with low kidney function, and patients can get some bad symptoms or complications. Sleep disorder is a common one, which can affect the life quality of renal patients. In the following article, we will learn about the causes and treatment for sleep disorder in renal failure patients.

People who have kidney failure often have insomnia, trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, and here are the common causes.

- Difficult breath during sleep

- Some dialysis patients can get sleep disorder due to aching, uncomfortable, jittery, or restless legs.

The long term unwell controlled sleep disturbances can lead to day-night reversal- insomnia at night, sleepiness during the day. This condition can cause headaches, depression and fatigue. Here are some of the suggestions for renal failure patients to improve their sleep quality.

Some treatment may work with people who have sleep apnea,. Whether they have kidney failure or not, these treatments include losing weight, changing sleeping position, and so on. Besides, doing proper exercises during day time can relieve the restless legs, thus can help improve the sleep quality.

In addition, patients can also take Chinese medicine treatment to improve their sleep. The featured treatment in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital is full bath therapy, patients just need to immerse into the medicinal soup, then the effective substances in Chinese medicines can come into patient’s blood through skin. Thus can improve the blood circulation and increase blood volume into kidneys, which can relieve the weakness and sleep disorders.

In addition, there are also some other treatment options, such as moxibustion, foot bath, hot compress therapy, Oral Chinese medicine treatment, and so on. These therapies can also help restore the kidney function, then it can stop the kidney failure and make a good prognosis for patients.

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