2012年11月30日星期五

Snake Bite-Induced Acute Renal Failure


Snake bite-induced Acute Renal Failure occurs frequently in tropic areas, such as Saudi Arabia etc. Approximately 5 million cases of snake bite or scorpion sting etc. occurred all around the world; around 100,000 deaths result from animal venom in every single year.
Animal toxin is a complex of protein, peptides, enzyme together with some other chemical substances. Animal toxins cause cell damages through a variety of mechanisms in human body. As a metabolic organ rich in massive blood vessels, Kidneys get involved extremely easy. That's why animal toxins such as snake bite can easily trigger Acute Renal Failure. How does snake toxin work in human body?
▪ Direct toxicity. Enzyme (especially phospholipase A2 and proteases) works on epicyte and cause cell damage. Phospholipase A2 (catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphoric acid glycerides) can be divided into 3 categories according to its chemical structure:
1. Snake venom which is secreted by cobra family or hydrophis.
2. Snake venom which is secreted by viperidae or crotalidae.
3. Present as a form of calcium ion existing in bee venom (bee) or gila toxins (heloderma).
Phospholipase A2 induced cell damages manifest as hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis, endothelial cell necrosis, renal tubular damage and nerve damage.
Phospholipase A2 and proteases have an impact upon various levels of haemagglutination, and have a tendency to bleeding. Metalloproteinases cause cytoskeletal destruction, which leads to cellular damage, apoptosis and disintegration. Rattlesnake venom (trimeresurus) contains metalloproteinase which decreases activities of membrane and vascular endothelial cells, is responsible for cellular apoptosis. Putting Brazilian spearhead-cobra venom which contains metalloproteinase into renal cells of Madin-darby, it decomposes cytoskeleton as well as damages the conglutination between cell-stroma.
▪ Changes in hemodynamics. Hemodynamic changes can be caused by toxin or other factors. Hemodynamic changes become significantly, especially in toxins which are rich in enzyme (such as snake venom or bee venom). Both protease and phospholipase A2 can reduce bloodstream to kidneys. Atractaspis engaddensis contains endothelin receptor agonists; it works as a vasoconstrictor similar with endothelin. Bothrops jararaca lowers the blood pressure through restrain angiotensin-converting enzyme. Temporarily hypertension may occur after biting by poisonous snakes.
Snakes such as cobra and adder as well as colubridae can cause renal damages. A report regarding a group with 400 patients who were bitten by the above-mentioned snakes shows that the incidence of proteinuria reaches 4%. A small number of patients have symptoms of nephrotic syndromes. Gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria occur most common; diuresis becomes another symptom in clinic.
People bite by snakes that release myotoxin and hemolytic toxin often occur Acute Renal Failure. The incidence is 5%-29%. Time of onset can range from several hours to even 96 hours. People who have been bitten by oxyuranus may have hemolytic uremic syndrome. Snake bite-induced Acute Renal Failure normally lasts 2 to 3 weeks. Patients with persistent oliguria may accompany with acute interstitial nephritis, acute tubular necrosis or even acute renal cortical necrosis. Snake bite-induced Acute Renal Failure can usually fully recovered unless renal cortical necrosis occurred.
Old people, renal cortical necrosis or those with serious bleeding complications usually have poor prognosis.
Once Acute Renal Failure occurred, early renal replacement treatment should be taken, especially continuous bedside blood purification is the optimal choice. It’s also feasible to take hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for those without qualified conditions. The earlier the treatment is taken, the better the prognosis will be.

Risks of Using Aclasta Drug: Kidney Failure


Aclasta is used in patients who are suffering from osteoporosis, in order to reduce the incidence of fracture. Warning news focused on using Aclasta drug as it may trigger nephrosis in Kidney Failure patients, as per the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest that concentration test of serum creatinine should be taken before using Aclasta. FDA also supplemented some reports focusing on renal damages during clinic trails. After the Aclasta instruction has been updated, there were 11 deaths resulting from acute Kidney Failure after being injected Aclasta along with 9 cases needed dialysis.
Several indentified factors in Aclasta instruction increase the risks of renal toxicity. Risk factors which relate to the occurrence of Kidney Failure including:
1. Underlying renal damages in moderate or severe degree
2. Taking renal toxicity drugs together with Aclasta
3.Dehydration occurs before or after taking diuretic along with Aclasta
Among all those conditions, patients with underlying renal damages have increasing risks to develop to Kidney Failure over age. Aclasta is forbidden among people whose Ccr is lower than 35mL/min and those who are suffering from acute Kidney Failure. Patients-screening is necessary before doctors prescribing the drug, so as to find out at-risk patients. Monitoring the renal function for patients who take Aclasta is also needed.
Tips for both patients with Kidney Failure along with medical professionals:
1. It is forbidden that use Aclasta in patients with Ccr less than 35mL/min, and those who are suffering from acute Kidney Failure
2. Before prescribe the Aclasta for patients, patient-screening is still needed, to find out patients with potential acute or chronic Renal Failure and the elderly as well as patients with dehydration. Those with potential renal damages have the highest risk developing to Kidney Failure. Those patients all above should better take Aclasta with caution.
3. Patients with potential renal diseases caused by fever and septicaemia etc., those with dehydration have a high risk of suffering from Kidney Failure. Risks in patients with potential renal damages increases over age.
4. Ccr should be calculated before prescription. To at-risk patients, intermittent monitoring should be taken after Aclasta has been given. Ccr should base on the actual weight by using Cockcroft-Gault formula.

2012年11月27日星期二

What Causes High Creatinine in Chronic Kidney Failure and How to Treat It


What Causes High Creatinine in Chronic Kidney Failure? Due to the metabolic products can't be discharged from our human body, high serum creatinine develops in patients with Chronic Kidney Failure, renal hypertension, acidosis, hyperpotassemia, retention of Na and water, anemia and toxicants appears accordingly.
Serum creatinine test is an important indicator in diagnosis of Chronic Renal Failure. Still, a normal creatinine does not mean that the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is absolutely normal. Serum creatinine can be completely normal in compensatory stage of renal insufficiency. Not until 50% of renal function lost, serum creatinine increases, But one thing is for sure, as long as your serum creatinine increases, it indicates your renal function has been impaired. Besides, serum creatinine level has a positive correlation with the damage degree of renal function.
What Causes High Creatinine in Chronic Kidney Failure?
As the condition has developed to stage of renal insufficiency in patients with Chronic Renal Failure, it suggests that fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis occur in kidneys. Nephrons which play as detoxification in kidneys replace by fibrosis tissues, leading to the impairment of renal detoxification. Toxins can't be eliminated from human body, which leads to increased high creatinine. Consequently, edema, anemia, fatigue and urine abnormality occur.
How to treat High Creatinine in Chronic Kidney Failure?
Reasonable and effective treatment should be taken instead of just focusing on symptoms, it can help avoid the condition develop to ESRD. We adopt Immunotherapy to treat the diseases. Clear the immune complex and diseased tissues which causes the damage of membrane in glomerulus during repairing the membrane of glomerulus. As long as we repair the damaged membrane, change the renal structure and expand glomerular filtration area, serum creatinine would accordingly drop. For further information of our specialized therapy, please leave a message in the below or send an email to khkpcn@hotmail.com.

2012年11月26日星期一

How to Make a Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure in Children


On the basis of an precise diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure, corresponding treatments can be chosen. Here, we will introduce the most basic and practical diagnosis of Children Acute Renal Failure.
Acute Renal Failure can be divided into 3 categories: pre-renal, renal and post-renal Renal Failure. They are different from each other. Accordingly, they have respectively therapy methods as well as prognosis.
The diagnosis for Acute Renal Failure in children including:
1. Oliguria phase
Stage of oliguria usually lasts 3-14 days or even longer. Oliguria refers to your urine output between 100-400mL/day. Azotemia develops during this initial stage of Acute Renal Failure. Azotemia means the accumulation of nitrogenous wastes in your blood.
Major symptoms include nauseas, vomiting, headache, dizziness, itchy skin and so on. If this condition is not corrected, children with Acute Renal Failure will appear coma, convulsions or even death.
2. Diuresis phase
During this stage, the child would excrete a lot of dilute urine and experience electrolyte imbalances. At the same time, dehydration, hyponatremia (low sodium) and hypopotassaemia (low potassium) develops. The child will experience heart rhythms and fatigue. Kidneys' concentrating function is still poor during this stage.
3. Recovery phase
This phase may take as long as one year or even more. When the child develops to this phase, his or her urine output becomes normal and symptoms of Acute Renal Failure gradually disappear. Moreover, various blood and biochemical tests displays normally.
According to the data available, 80% of the pre-renal and post-renal Acute Renal Failure can recover, that's particularly a great chance for the child to live a normal life hereafter. What they need to do is find your doctor take a scientific and effective treatment in time. Besides, complications of Acute Renal Failure should be paid great attention, because serious complications cause death instead of the disease itself.

Holistic Approach to Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease in China: Immunotherapy


NKF created a guideline to help identify each level of Chronic Kidney Disease. It is divided into 5 stages:
Stage 1 -- normal or high GFR (GFR >90 ml/min)
Stage 2-- mild (GFR =60-89 ml/min)
Stage 3--Moderate CKD (GFR = 30-59 ml/min)
Stage 4--Severe CKD (GFR = 15-29 ml/min)
Stage 5--End Stage CKD (GFR <15 ml/min)
As for Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease, GFR declines to 15-29 ml/min, which means a person with stage 4 CKD has already suffered from a serious damage in his kidneys. In most cases, people with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease have a good chance to take dialysis or kidney transplant shortly after. What you need to know is that stage 4 CKD is a vital phase on preventing your condition from developing into ESRF.
In Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease, you should keep close touch with your doctor. The doctor will monitor conditions such as creatinine, phosphorus, calcium, high blood pressure and diabetes. Dialysis or kidney transplant will be required. In addition, a professional dietitian can be used.
As the NKF guidelines recommend, dialysis should be started as your kidney function drops to 15% or even less. What we are trying to do is to put off dialysis or kidney transplant as long as possible.
In China, Immunotherapy is adopted as a promising treatment for kidney diseases. Under this therapy, patients with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease have great hope to live a fully normal life with their own kidneys. For more detailed Information, please leave a message in the below or Email me at khkpcn@hotmail.com.

How to Treat Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure


Over 80 percent of people with Chronic Renal Failure may experience anemia, which becomes more serious with the progressive decline of GFR or kidney function. So, why people with Chronic Renal Failure suffer from anemia and how to treat it?
Causes
1. The primary cause of anemia in Chronic Renal Failure is the insufficient production of the erythropoietin which is a kind of hormone responsible for the production of red blood cells. However, as the impaired kidneys can not produce adequate erythropoietin, an inadequate number of oxgen-carrying red blood cells are produced.
2. Irion deficiency is also a common cause of anemia in Chronic Renal Failure. It can cause a reduction in formation of red cell heamoglobin thus resulting in anemia. Iron deficiency is mainly attributable to poor appetite and insufficient foods consumption.
3. Shortened life span of red blood cells
In Chronic Renal Failure, a large amount of uremic toxins can reduce half-life of circulating red blood cells.
Treatment for Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure
At present, take erythropoietin is a major treatment. It plays a vital role in relieving anemia. However, it can only meet the body needs of erythropoietin, but can not make the native kidneys recover the normal production ability of erythropoietin. Also, long-term erythropoietin treatment can cause a series of complications including aggravation of hypertension, headache, pure red blood aplasia etc.
As the primary cause of anemia in Chronic Renal Failure is damaged kidneys, the key to treat anemia is to restore the kidneys and make them recover their normal secretion ability as before. If so, the patients will be able to avoid dependency on erythropoietin injection.
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2012年11月25日星期日

Is Massage Contraindicated for People with Chronic Kidney Failure


Massage can stimulate and calm the body's muscles and tissues. It has been proved to be effective for people with Chronic Kidney Failure.
Kidneys are controlling of filtering blood and excreting metabolic wastes from body. However, once they are damaged, they can not work properly to play their role. Hence, a lot of wastes will build up in blood resulting in high levels of creatinine, BUN, anemia and other heath problems.
When a practitioner massages on soft tissues, the acupoints are activated thus making all parts of the body coherent and in connection with each other through a system of acupoints. This can the stimulate blood circulation to promote the clearance of waste products in blood. Also, it can boost the immune system to reduce the frequent infections in Chronic Kidney Failure.
However, in some cases of Chronic Kidney Failure, the creatinine levels will rise. That is because massage can mobilize creatinine( a muscle enzyme after all), and this mobilized creatinine will enter the blood circulation for subsequent excretion. Therefore, the creatinine level will be a higher for a while.
However, the patients with Chronic Kidney Failure should keep a correct understanding on creatinine. It is not toxic and it has non-significant effects on body metabolism at all. Therefore, the patients can neglect the transient increasing in creatinine level.
If you want to know more natural remedies for Chronic Kidney Failure such as medicated bath, Chinese herbal medicine etc, it is free for you to Leave a message in the below or Email to khkpcn@hotmail.com.

2012年11月24日星期六

Chronic Kidney Failure Patients, You Can Say Bye to Dialysis Now


In recent years, Immunotherapy is introduced to treat many refractory diseases. Now the patients with Chronic Kidney Failure can say bye to dialysis.
Dialysis is a main replacement therapy for kidney disease patients and it plays a vital role in improving their life quality and extending life span. However, dialysis has no meaning in improving renal function at all.
The healthy kidneys can discharge the metabolic products out of body, maintain electrolytes balance and secrete necessary hormones. However, dialysis can only take a partial kidney function. It can only discharge the small molecular wastes products from blood, but the macromolecular and middle-molecular substance still remain in body. Moreover, dialysis does not have secretion or regulation functions. That is why the patients usually have anemia and electrolytes disorder.
Chronic Kidney Failure is attributable to necrosis and impairment of functional nephrons in kidneys.
In treating Chronic Kidney Failure, Immunotherapy can repair the damaged kidneys and restore the normal kidney function. So the kidneys will be able to filter blood normally as before. If you have lost confidence about your present therapy, you may call us to know more information about this innovative therapy-Immunotherapy. Feel free to leave a message in the below or send an email to khkpcn@hotmail.com.

2012年11月23日星期五

How Long can Chronic Renal Failure Patients Live on Dialysis


Q: My grandmother is 72 years old and she has Diabetes and congestive heart failure besides Chronic Renal Failure. Now, her doctor asked her to start dialysis. Can you tell me her expected life span after dialysis?
A: I am sorry to hear that. Based on her illness conditions, if she starts dialysis today, on average, she would live 3~5 years. Some researches show that the average life span of patients is less than five years on dialysis. Diabetes raises that mortality rate about 3% for a total of 25%. Among all death causes of Chronic Renal Failure, heart failure is in the first place.
In Chronic Renal Failure, the kidneys can not filter out the potassium. If the potassium level is too high in blood, it will cause the heart to beat irregularly.
In addition, her kidneys are not able to discharge excess fluid from body. As a result, the vascular system will become flooded with fluid and the heart will not be able to keep up with the increased blood volume. Meanwhile, the fluid will flow into lung, which can make it difficult to breathe thus causing ischemia in other organs such as brain and heart.
If the above factors are combined together, there is little chance that she will survive long without dialysis.
However, you should know dialysis can change her life lot. She may have to encounter frequent infections, head ache, fluctuant blood pressure etc which usually occur during dialysis.
So, if possible, I hope she can take an alternative treatment. In China, Immunotherapy has been applied to treat Chronic Renal Failure successfully. It can restore the impaired kidneys so as to improve the renal function. For the patients who have stared dialysis recently, it may help them prolong the dialysis intervals and even get rid of it.
If you are interested in Immunotherapy and want to know more abut it, it is free for you to leave a message in the below.

2012年11月21日星期三

Kidney Failure Patients should Choose Right Treatments


Kidney Failure is a progressively medical condition. Patients with different stages of Kidney Failure should choose corresponding therapies.
There are two categories for Kidney Failure treatment: one is the corresponding treatments for before-Renal-Failure-stage, supportive therapy is often adopted; the other is replacement therapy, and is usually used when condition progresses to ESRD. Here, we will focus on the former one.
The supportive therapy in first stage mainly focuses on preventing primary kidney disease together with adopting conservative medical therapies, with the purpose of preserving remaining nephrons as much as possible, so as to delay the arrival of Renal Failure. Here are several principles:
1. Eat a proper diet. Primary principles are low protein, low salt, low potassium and low phosphorus. All those restrictions should be followed without slackness. Diet contributes to reduce kidneys' burden with an obvious effect. Stop posing heavy burden to your kidneys, start from your daily diet now.
2. Control the blood pressure well. Blood pressure has a complex relationship with kidneys. Anyway, taking good control of your blood pressure benefits one's kidney health and cardiovascular system.
3. Take corresponding treatment for anemia. A long-term anemia imposes the burden of heart, triggers a series of heart diseases.
4. Correct the acidosis. Acidosis develops as reduced kidney function aggravates. A standing acidosis will consume muscles, trigger bones loss, and increase the risk of bone disease.
5. Manage hyperlipidemia. More and more people consider hyperlipidemia as one of the main culprits of kidney disease, of course, including Kidney Failure. Hyperlipidemia may elevate glomerular internal pressure; stimulate hyperlipidemia of interstitial cells and hyle. Consequently, causing chronic glomerular injury.
The above are just some conventional as well as effective ways to deal with Kidney Failure, there can be more. If you have any other questions, feel free to leave a message in the below.

Smoking Does Raise the Risk of Kidney Failure


More and more studies have shown that smoking raises the risk for developing Kidney Failure.
Take this for example, patients with high blood pressure have no urine protein when they have no kidney damages. However, if they smoking, proteinuria may occur frequently. Smoking impairs filtration function of kidneys.
According to the September 2011 Issue of Renal and Urology News, among those individuals who are younger than 70 years old, those current smoker along with former smoker are at 3.3 and 4.0 times high risk for developing Kidney Failure compared with those who never smoked before.
Even those who have already quit smoking are still at a high risk of Kidney Failure than those who never smoked. Good news is that the risk of Kidney Failure will diminish with time since one quit smoking.
The findings came to light from a study of 65,589 individuals who participated in the HUNT II study, a Norwegian general health survey. During a median follow-up of 10.3 years, 124 subjects progressed to stage 5 chronic kidney disease. quote from the report.
As is well-known, smoking is extremely harmful to one's health, whereas it has become a popular trend especially among men. People with CKD should now be strongly encouraged to quit smoking. After reading the article if you are still smoking, I do suggest you to take a second thought. Smoking has no good to your healthy, whatever you are healthy or have already developed Kidney Failure, you should definitely stay away from it.

2012年11月20日星期二

Chronic Kidney Disease: How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle


Chronic Kidney Disease: Kidneys function as a filtering system in human body. Normal kidneys are able to remove the excess fluids and electrolytes as well as wastes from your blood. However, as your kidneys are damaged, there's no way to eliminate all those toxins, resulting in wastes accumulating in your body. It can be fatal and need some serious attention.
Since you have developed chronic kidney disease, what should you do to stop it from worsening? Chronic kidney disease is not dreadful as long as you take good control of the disease, but how?
▪ To those who have diabetes, your blood sugar should be managed.
▪ To those with high blood pressure, take good control of your blood pressure.
▪ Control the cholesterol
▪ Live a healthy lifestyle, stay away from alcohol and cigarettes.
▪ Follow a sound diet, which greatly benefits your kidneys.
▪ Avoiding renal toxic drugs can prevent the condition from getting worse.
▪ Taking regular check-ups
There's a good prognosis of chronic kidney disease, but need your precautions. Don't learn the disease only in the end stage, because as the condition enters into ESRF (end-stage renal failure), dialysis or kidney transplant would be inevitable.

Renal Osteopathy: A Common Complication of Chronic Renal Failure

Renal osteopathy, a common complication of Chronic Renal Failure, brings a great deal of injury to the patients.
Symptoms of renal osteopathy
Bone pain and fracture. The pain usually occurs in lower back, knees and lower limbs. The lower back pain may be attributable to vertebral body collapse. In most cases, the fracture occurs in rib.
Joint aches and arthritis - usually occur in knee-joint usually along with burning, swelling etc.
Calcification. As the blood vessels have extensive calcification, ischemic necrosis and skin ulcer usually occur in finger, toe, thigh and arm.
Bone deformity and growth retardation. For the children with Chronic Renal Failure, they are at developmental stage. Bone deformity can retardate their growth and development.
How to deal with renal osteopathy in Chronic Renal Failure?
1. Control the intake of foods high in phosphorus and avoid the foods rich in phosphorus such as animal organs, banana, oranges etc.
2. Keep normal calcium level in blood
Take some oral calcium. This can improve the transportation of calcium in blood.
3. Vitamin D 3
For the patients on dialysis, when they do not present symptoms of renal osteopathy, they should take some vitamin D3. Vitamin D3 can promote the absorption of phosphorus by intestinal tract thus lowering its level in blood.
4. If the product of serum blood value and phosphorus value is above 70 and the hyperphosphatemia and parathyroid hormone level increases, the patients can consider parathyroid surgery.

2012年11月18日星期日

Why will ESRD Patients Experience Seizure


End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients often live with a bunch of annoying symptoms: the itching skin makes you failing to sleep at night; you are afraid of communicating and being a loner because of your foul breath; you are suffering from a serious headache which makes you irritability and emotional instability. Of course, seizures will never be forgotten.
Seizure often refers to an abrupt malfunction in the brain which is likely to cause the collapse and lose one's consciousness temporarily. Seizure in ESRD is caused by the low serum calcium level (hypocalcemia).
Kidneys are one of the most important organs associated with the metabolism of calcium. Once one's kidneys fail, calcium level in human body will be affected accordingly, which is responsible for the low serum calcium level.
Calcium closely associates to the body's health. Low serum calcium leads to seizures in whatever healthy people or patients. That's the major culprit accounting for seizures.
How to deal with seizures in ESRD? Instead of treating seizures, we should start from coping with the disease itself. After 26 years' research and uncompromising efforts, Chinese kidney experts have successfully invented a brand-new remedy which has already been proven to be effective in clinic--Immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy plays on the idea that dealing with one's immune system to treat ESRD. The concept derives over 95% of kidney disease is a kind of autoimmune disease. That's why Immunotherapy is exactly the right choice for people with ESRD. If you are interested in our latest Immunotherapy, feel free to leave a message in the below.

How to Treat Anemia and Elevate Hemoglobin Levels in Chronic Renal Failure


Many Chronic Renal Failure patients are suffering from anemia and very low hemoglobin levels caused by the decreased secretion of EPO by kidneys. Here are some tips can help the patients with these problems.
▪ Nutrient supplementation
The production of hemoglobin needs a myriad of nutrients. However, in Chronic Renal Failure, the patients may experience poor appetite so they can not get nutrients intake like iron, floic acid, etc. Additionally, as multiple vital organs are involved, it can cause mineral metabolic disorders. These nutrients can aid the production of hemoglobin mainly including iron, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, floic acid and vitamin C. Here are the richest food sources the aforementioned nutrients.
Vitamin C: Guava, brussel sprouts, papayas, blackcurrants, cabbage, broccoli, strawberries, lychees
Iron: cereals, green the leafy vegetables, tomato paste.
Vitamin B6: Whole grains, oatmeal, tuna, avocado.
Folic acid: corn, bok choy, asparagus, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry.
▪ Herbs
Herbs are rich in nutrients. They can enhance immunity and improve the health of red blood cells. These three herbs including withania, Dong Quai and nettle leaf have much benefits in improving hemoglobin levels. Also some activate substances can stimulate the DNA replication of impaired kidney tissues and regenerate renal functional cells. Consequently, the patients will have a remarkable improvement in renal function and the kidneys will produce more EPO than before.
▪ Optimal treatment
The underlying cause of low hemoglobin in Chronic Renal Failure is attributed to impaired kidney function. Therefore, the treatment should focus on restoring the damaged kidneys. Immunotherapy is the optimal treatment in restoring damaged cells, tissues and organs. Once the kidney structure is restored, the kidneys will recover its normal secretory function and produce more EPO. Therefore, the hemoglobin levels will rise up, thus relieving the anemia.

Management of Skin Problems in Chronic Kidney Failure


Chronic Kidney Failure patients may suffer from distinctive skin problems. The problems can torment them on mind and body. Is there any way to relieve those problems?
Common skin problems in Chronic Kidney Failure
Pale skin - related to chronic anemia. Pale skin is usually complicated with extremely fatigue.
Skin bruising - caused by reduced platelet count and impaired hemostatic function in blood system.
Dry skin: due to chronic dehydration. Also, dialysis can decease the function of oil glands, aggregating the skin problem.
Plaques or nodules: Due to calcium deposits in the skin, some patients experience firm plaques or nodules on the surfaces of the larger joint with a chalky material exuding.
Skin itching: Skin itching is a classic skin problem in Chronic Renal Failure. It counts for 60~80% in patients with End Stage Renal Failure. It is mainly due to increased phosphorus in blood.
Management of Skin Problems in Chronic Kidney Failure
1. Dialysis
Generally, dialysis can relieve these problems, but it is no use in restoring kidney structure and improving renal function at all. Also, dialysis is inadequate in removing phosphorus. That is why patients still have skin itching still on dialysis.
2. Medicated bath and Chinese herbal medicine
As the skin problems are associated with kidney disease, the most important is to treat the kidneys as a whole. In China, the combinated medicated bath and Chinese herbal medicine is applied to treat kidney disease. It has showed remarkable in improving renal function and relieveing skin problems and other complications of Chronic Kidney Failure
3. Choose hypo-allergenic soap and avoid long hot or warm bath and air drying of the skin. They should use moisturizer when the skin is still damp. Meanwhile, avoiding wearing tight irritating clothing is also helpful.
As the underlying cause is impaired renal function, what the patients firstly should do is to treat their kidney problem effectively and fundamentally.

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