What should patients who are receiving dialysis pay attention to?
Hemodialysis patients should care about following points.
Water intake
Urine output should be measured and recorded everyday. Usually, the daily
water intake should be the volume of urine in one day and then add 500ml water.
What should point out is that there is water in porridge, noodles, etc.
Furthermore, do not eat anything too salty in order to not drinking more water
because of thirst.
Measure weight everyday
Measure your weight per day at fix time by the same weighing machine. The
increasing weight should not exceed 2-3 kilograms between dialysis.
Top Limit Reference Value Allowed:
Dialysis times weight that allowed to put on
1 time a week 0.5 kilogram/day
2 times a week 1.0 kilogram/day
3 times a week 1.5 kilogram/day
How to take medication?
Different medicines have different functions. The taking time and ways are
different. Therefore doctors’ instructions should be followed. Some medicine
should be taken before meals but some medications should be taken after meals.
Consult a doctor before taking medications.
In daily life, patients should prevent infections. Good personnel health
habits are suggested. Control your diet, such as salt intake, water intake, food
containing high potassium and phosphorus. Blood pressure should be measured and
recorded on time. Control blood pressure by medication. At the same time, other
supporting treatments should be taken to keep haemachrome normal. Observe
defecation, urination, blood point or ecchymosis in skin. What should be pointed
out is that patients should receive dialysis treatment on time and do not
discontinue casually to avoid aggravating the conditions. Contact Hemodialysis
Centre immediately if you feel uncomfortable or there is any emergency.
At last, keep in mind that do some appropriate activities, avoid fatigue,
cold and medicines which will cause kidney damages.
So long as patients do above things, patients with hemodialysis will have a
much better quality of life. And there will be a great effect on stabilizing
conditions and reducing complications.
