Tiredness and Fatigue after dialysis with CKD Stage 5
Tiredness and fatigue are often noticed after dialysis. This symptom is more likely to happen in patients with CKD stage5 which is an advanced kidney damage stage. Japanese researchers had 788 dialysis patients complete a fatigue questionnaire and found that about 16 percent of them had a high fatigue score.
Tiredness and Fatigue
Fatigue and tiredness influence patient’s life quality and increases the risk of cardiovascular events and negatively influences survival. There is some evidence that exercise may significantly improve fatigue in dialysis patients. However, you are suggested to talk with your doctor and get confirmation from him or her.
Dialysis, Tiredness and Fatigue
There are many factors can be responsible for tiredness and fatigue in patients with dialysis. Here are some common causes for your consideration.
Low Blood Pressure
Low blood pressure is common to see in patients with dialysis, acting as a side effect of dialysis. Dialysis can remove the excessive water and waste products out of the blood in a short time, which may cause the change in blood circulation system, causing various sick feeling, such as tiredness and fatigue.
Kidney Damage
Pain, tiredness and fatigue are symptoms commonly associated with Kidney Failure and CKD stage5CKD. When kidneys cannot work well, there are many function will go away. Kidneys are involved with the production of red blood cell. When kidney cannot function well, the shortness of red blood cell will cause Renal Anemia. Fatigue is the most outstanding symptoms of anemia.
How to manage the fatigue and tiredness after dialysis?
Many ways help alleviate the symptom of fatigue and tiredness after dialysis.
- you are suggested to talk more with your doctor or health care giver. Before you take dialysis, you need to ask your doctor to make an exact diagnosis, which can help avoid some side effects of dialysis.
- another thing you should notice is that dialysis is the underlying cause. Thereby, how to get rid of dialysis will be a key. You are suggested to search more about the treatment, such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Chinese Herbal Medicine, which can help improve kidney functions and reduce the frequence of dialysis. Any help, please leave a message below or email to kidneyservice@hotmail.com
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