Will Dialysis Patients Experience A Seizures
Dialysis, as a double-edged therapy, not only shows effects to alleviate the patients with Kidney Failure, but also causes various adverse effects, such as seizures.
Seizures is a common experience for patients who are on hemodialysis. Seizure activity generally tends to occur during or shortly after the dialysis procedure because of the hemodynamic and biochemical changes associated with the process. Preventive measures should therefore be initiated in patients with predisposing factors, such as extreme uremia or severe electrolyte abnormalities.
There are many causes for Dialysis patients why they suffer from seizures as follows. Hope it is helpful for your information.
- Air embolism
- Uremic encephalopathy
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
- Drugs, such as erythropoietin, carbapenem and ertapenem, hyponatremia, and hypernatremia etc.
- Hemodynamic instability
- Dialysis dementia due to aluminum intoxication
- Cerebrovascular disorder, such as infarction, subdural hematoma, hemorrhage etc.
One of the above causes can contribute to the seizures in patients with kidney failure or you may experience the disorder due to a mixed causes.
As long as you find the symptom, a emergency medical care is necessary. Thereby, you are suggested to accompany by your friends or family members etc, during dialysis.
In addition, you are suggested to try other treatments which helps reduce the frequency of dialysis or even get rid of dialysis in some cases.
Chinese Herbal Medicine can be an alternative option. There are man herbs help alleviate the symptoms of Kidney Failure and offset the side effects of chemical therapy or medicines in patients.
Based on your own condition, the herbalist can make a herbal formula which helps repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function. And when your GFR increases, you can require a less frequency of dialysis.
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