Side Effects of Dialysis

Currently, dialysis is the common method to treat kidney disease. Most patients with kidney disease have taken dialysis and known about this treatment. But what are the side effects of dialysis?

1. Hypophosphatemia
There is no phosphorus in dialysate, so hypophosphatemia will occur in patients who take dialysis. If the condition is serious, respiratory insufficiency may occur. Therefore, phosphorus should be added in dialysate to make the phosphorus content be 1.3mmol/L so as to prevent hypophosphatemia.

2. Alkalosis
Quantities of basic groups can be found in dialysis to correct metabolic acidosis. Therefore, patients may have alkalosis and feel nausea, headache and weakness. The serious ones may have cardiac disorders and even die suddenly.

3. Imbalance syndrome
Generally, detoxification therapy chooses conventional dialyzer. If efficient dialyzer is used, imbalance syndrome will occur.
In addition, when patients choose to take dialysis, they should think about the future because of the long-term of dialysis. Firstly, long-term dialysis increases the difficulties and costs. Secondly, systemic organs are damaged obviously. Third, severe complications increase after dialysis. Fourth, patients have poor quality of life and live a short time. The original kidney functions are exhausted and patients can’t choose dialysis method which is suitable for their own conditions. Fifth, Dialysis in late period increases the costs.

Dialysis is not the only way to treat kidney disease. There has its characteristic therapy to treat kidney disease---Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. This therapy can control the occurrence of complications. Characteristic and pure Chinese medicine can act on kidney lesion directly by penetration therapy in vitro. The active substances in Chinese medicine can expand blood vessels and provide blood and oxygen for the damaged cells by increasing effective systemic perfusion. Therefore, it can relieve the state of ischemia and hypoxia and reduce the continuous damage to renal cells.

Kidney disease itself is not terrible, what terrible are complications it causes. Patients need to choose the correct treatment. Hope what mentioned above is helpful.