It is well known that dialysis helps to expel wastes and water out of body, so patients usually think that after dialysis, swelling will disappear. But the truth is that leg swelling occurs again after having kidney dialysis. Do you know why? How to relieve it? Go on reading to get the answer.

Causes of leg swelling for dialysis patients

-Dialysis can not help you restore renal function. After dialysis, water builds up in body again, leading to leg swelling.

-Water is not filtered out of body completely during dialysis.

-Low blood protein level.

How to relieve leg swelling for dialysis patients?

-To decrease dry weight so as to filter more water out of body.

-To use diuretics between dialysis intervals to discharge the excess fluid from body.

-During dialysis, a lot of protein goes out of body, so you need to increase your protein intake than before.

More importantly, you need to recover your renal function. Here we suggest you try Toxin-Removing Treatment, which has been practiced in Shijiazhuang Hetaiheng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for years. It makes use of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Foot Bath, Mai Kang Mixture and so on to eliminate waste products and fluid out of body to make internal environment good for kidney self-healing and other medication application. It can also improve blood circulation and increase blood flow into kidneys so as to improve renal ischemia and anoxia. Besides, it can provide the damaged kidneys with enough essential elements such as oxygen, nutrients and active ingredients of medicine to speed up kidney recovery. After about one week’s treatment, swelling will disappear. Your urine output will increase. And your weight will decrease. After about half month’s treatment, your creatinine, BUN and uric acid level will reduce. After about one month’s treatment, your renal disease will be under control, and renal function may be improved gradually. And then it is possible for you to reduce or even avoid dialysis.

Does leg swelling occur after having kidney dialysis? Yes, it can. Actually dialysis is not a perfect treatment for kidney failure patients to solve kidney problems. If you would like to try alternatives, Toxin-Removing Treatment will be a good choice for you. For more information on our hospital and our treatment, please leave a message below or contact online doctor.