Treatment for Itching in ESRD Patients

ESRD is the late stage of CKD, patients in this period usually suffer the most serious symptoms and complications which even threat the life of patients. So patients usually have taken dialysis to wait for dialysis. But during the waiting period, patients still suffer a lot such as skin itching. This article will introduce patients the treatment which can help patients get rid of these symptoms.

Patients with ESRD (End-stage Renal Disease) have many complications without proper treatment, like itching, renal anemia, high blood pressure, etc. Others can be improved with western drugs, yet regarding the itching problem, there are many possible causes, duly the treatment for itching in ESRD patients also differs.

The possible causes for itching problem in ESRD patients include:
1. High phosphorus level, patients at end-stage of renal disease usually have electrolytes disturbance, including low calcium and high phosphorus. And if patients have high phosphorus, patients may have itching experiences.

 2. Insufficient dialysis. Patients at end stage of renal disease are usually on dialysis to remove toxin regularly, improve electrolytes disturbance, etc. However, if their dialysis is not sufficient, and the blood urea nitrogen is too high, that also can lead to itching in patients. Besides, if patients have some skin problem or are allergic to something, they also have itching problem.
So, if patients come across itching problem, finding out the exact reason for it and treating accordingly is the basic way to solve this problem.And usually we apply blood purification like blood perfusion with HA280, plasma exchange, etc. to treat itching in patients with end-stage renal disease. But, in one word, the root cause for patients with ESRD is mainly kidney function decline. So, repairing the damaged kidney cells and improving the kidney function is the fundamental way for all of this. Regarding the treatment to improve kidney function, here are some detailed references “Reversing Renal Failure by Natural Treatment”


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