In some patients, UP occurs intermittently and lasts only several minutes, but other patients suffer from prolonged periods of severe pruritus, which can occur throughout the day and night. The occurrence, duration and intensity of UP can change over time and the itching is usually worst at night. The areas most commonly affected by UP are the back, limbs, chest and head, but 20-50% of patients experience generalized pruritus.
Dialysis can cause a series of complications and side effects and one of them is itching skin. This is because dialysis can cause the skin to produce less oil. Creams and some oil-based products can help in this case. Another reason is release of histamine due to allergies that dialysis patients might experience.
How to deal with itchy skin caused by decreased kidney function?
The following several methods will be helpful for alleviating skin problem resulted from impaired kidney function:
Here I recommend a natural, healthy, comfortable and effective therapy for alleviating itching skin for kidney failure patients---medicated bath. Patients can treat disease at the same time of taking bath. What is more this therapy process is very comfortable and have no side effects or injuries to the body.
Medicated bath is to put certain medicines or substances into the water to help alleviate discomforts and treat diseases.
The commonly adopted medicated bath for alleviating skin itching are:
Baking soda bath
Peppermint bath
Oatmeal bath
For more detailed information about the medicated bath, consult the doctors for safety and effectiveness.
