Dialysis is considered to be the common treatment for kidney failure. But it is also a treatment that people are reluctant to take because it will bring a lot of side-effects to people. Many kidney failure patients experience severe headache during dialysis. How to deal with this problem?

Why do you suffer from headache during dialysis?

Dialysis is regarded as an artificial kidney. It functions to replace kidney to discharge some waste products and extra water and electrolyte. A complete dialysis can help relieve some symptoms and help prolong the lifespan. But at the same time, many side-effects develop to affect the life quality.

Headache occurs due to a large amount of water and electrolyte shifts. So you will feel headache during dialysis.

Besides, there is an increasing number of toxins in your blood in kidney failure. Dialysis cannot discharge all of the toxins. The remaining toxins will affect the brain nerve with the blood circulation.

How to deal with headache during dialysis in kidney failure?

- If you are troubled by sever headache during dialysis, you should talk to your doctor. Your doctor will change dialysis parameters to relieve it.

- You should limit water intake during dialysis intervals to prevent that a large amount of water is removed during dialysis. You should notice that foods which are rich in sodium, potassium and phosphorus are not allowed.

- It is important for you to recognise that the root cause of headache is the reduced kidney function. So to solve the problem of headache, the basic method is to improve kidney function. Which treatment can improve kidney function?

Have you heard of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy? It is an innovative therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine. It is externally used. The natural herbs will be permeated into kidney lesions by a permeameter. The herbs can help repair the impaired kidney cells and improve kidney function. So the extra toxins will be discharged naturally. If you want to know the exact functions and how it operates, you can ask the online doctor!

Not only sever headache can be relieved with this therapy, you can prolong the dialysis intervals and finally get rid of it. If you have other follow-up questions about kidney failure, you can send an email to renal-disease@hotmail.com, I will give you a reply in 48 hours!