Loss of appetite is a common symptom that attacks kidney failure patients who are on dialysis. Many patients complain of this symptom. In this article, I will provide you something valauable about loss of appetite after dialysis with kidney failure.

How does it occur?

A. Nausea. In kidney failure, kidney function declines to below 15% or even lower. So kidneys are not able to filter the waste product completely, even if with the help of dialysis. When they enter into the intestinal tract, they will be decomposed into annomia, which will stimulate the intestinal tract, causing nausea. You may lose your appetite if you have the feeling of nausea.

B. Anemia. Anemia is more serious in kidney failure and dialysis worsens this condition because some of the red blood cells are discharged through dialysis. If you are suffering from anemia, you will feel fatigue and has no appetite.

C. Depressed emotion. Many kidney failure patients expecially those who are undergoing obvious symptoms often have a low spirit. They bare a heavy psychological burden and have no confidnece to themselves and to life. As a concequence, they may have no mood to eat.

How to improve appetite with kidney failure?

-To purify the blood completely. Though diaysis can help discharge some toxins, there are also toxins in blood. That is to say, if you want to remove toxins more completely, you need to take more advanced blood purification technology. Here immune adsorption, plasma exchange and blood pufusion are suggested. Those technologies are better than the traditional dialysis becasue they can discharge not only micro melecular toxins but also middle and macro melecular toxins.

Once the toxins are removed out of the blood, the feeling of nausea will disappear and your appetite will be improved.

-To improve kidney function. Along with the blood purification technologies, method that can improve kidney function should be applied, such as Hot Compress Therapy, which is a natural Chinese therapy aiming at repairing the damaged kidney cells and improving kidney function.

Once kidney function is improved, anemia will be relieved and as a result, patients mood will turn to better. So the poor appetite will be increased. If you want to know more about this therapy, you can send an email to renal-disease@hotmail.com for a reply.

Loss of appetite after dialysis with kidney failure is not hard to deal with if you find the correct method. You are welcomed to leave a message below if you have follow-up questions.