Generally, at the end stage of kidney disease, most patients will have to
adopt dialysis to sustain their lives. However, dialysis can lead to a lot of
other diseases. The following are the diseases caused by dialysis.
1. Dialysis Imbalance Syndrome
The occurrence rate is 3.4%-20%. It is caused by the sharp decline of blood
urea nitrogen in the blood, leading to the pressure difference between the
cells. In this way, the intracranial pressure will elevate and patients will
present encephala edema.
2. Muscle Spasm
The causes of muscle spasm when patients are undergoing dialysis are not very
clear.
3. Hypotension
Hypotension is one of the common acute complications of dialysis. The
occurrence rate can be 20%-30%.
4. Headache
Headache is a common disease caused by dialysis. The clear reason is not
known yet. It might be a light manifestation of disequilibrium syndrome.
5. Vomiting and Nausea
About 10% patients who are undergoing dialysis will lead to vomiting and
nausea. The most common reason of this phenomenon is low blood pressure or
disequilibrium syndrome. Sometimes, it can relate with acetic acid salt
intolerance and the poison of dialysate.
6. Chill and fever
The fever is always not accompanied with inflammation.
7. Heart failure
Heart failure is the most serious disease caused by dialysis.
8. Arrhythmia
The occurrence rate is 50%, which is characterized by frequent ventricular
premature beats.
The above are the common diseases caused by dialysis. What is worse, dialysis
is not a treatment of kidney patients. Long term dialysis can lead to the
atrophy of kidneys. Finally, patients will have to be put on a waiting list for
kidney transplant. What patients really need to do is receive proper therapy to
repair the kidney units.
