Kidney failure refers to severe kidney damage and low kidney function, so kidneys cant work well, and patients will suffer from some severe symptoms. Skin itching is the most common one, which will affect the normal life of patients. So taking treatment to control skin itching for kidney failure patients becomes very important.

In order to get effective treatment, we should know first about causes of skin itching in kidney failure.

In fact, this symptom usually results from high phosphorus level. Healthy kidneys can help filter blood and regulate the phosphorus level. When kidney function is normal or slightly damaged, patients often have normal phosphorus level. However, when creatinine level elevates to over 200, high phosphorus level can easily occur. High phosphorus level can cause skin itching, but it can also some other severe complications, such as bone calcification dysfunction, which in turn can give rise to secondary hyperparathyroidism. Therefore, kidney failure patients should control well of the phosphorus level in blood.

How to control the phosphorus level and stop skin itching for kidney failure patients?

1. Control well of the diet

There are some foods are high in phosphorus level, such as meat, some certain vegetables, etc. Patients should pay attention and limit the intake of these high phosphorus foods. In addition, they can also boil the foods first and then cook it, this can help relieve the phosphorus level greatly.

2. Restore kidney function

Since high phosphorus level and skin itching are mainly related with severe kidney damage and low kidney function. So patients should take treatment that can improve the kidney function. Chinese medicine treatment will be a good choice, and some of the Chinese therapies can relieve the skin itching effectively, such as medicated bath, foot bath, etc. Once kidney function is improved, kidneys can work well to regulate phosphorus level in blood, and skin itching will stop naturally.

So the treatment of skin itching for kidney failure patients should focus on repairing kidney damage and improving kidney function. If you want to learn more details of the treatment, you can send e-mail to renal-disease@hotmail.com, or contact whatsapp +8613633219293, we will do the best to help.