Kidney failure: why my weight loses after peritoneal dialysis
Losing weight or winning is not uncommon in everyone's life. So do dialysis patients. Losing weight is definitely good news for girls, but it does not seem to be in people who are on peritoneal dialysis. Why does my weight lose after dialysis? Read and find the answer yourself!
Peritoneal dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is the procedure for replacing the kidneys to remove waste from your blood. It is used when your kidneys have failed. In this therapy, the blood vessels in your abdominal lining are filled in for your kidneys with the help of a fluid that flows into and out of the abdominal cavity.
The main disadvantage of peritoneal dialysis is the filtration of small minerals in the blood. On the one hand, PD can not distinguish minerals, it is useful or waste, so it removes some of the necessary minerals along with the waste. A useful loss of diet is the cause of weight loss.
On the other hand, PD does not filter medium and large toxins in the blood, which causes the formation of waste in the body. This can damage your body and increase the burden on your health. This increases the risk of weakness and weight loss.
Poor appetite
Another reason for weight loss in dialysis PD is a poor appetite. As kidney disease develops, it affects the digestive system, causing nausea and poor appetite. And a bad appetite is a side effect of dialysis. After your PD, this system may deteriorate than before, which increases the risk of losing weight.
Are there any suggestions for weight loss?
- Peritoneal dialysis helps support the life of patients with kidney failure. However, if used alone, it can exhibit various side effects. You are suggested to combine with other additional procedures, such as Chinese herbal medicine, to compensate for the side effects of chemical treatment.
- The healthy management of diets and exercises helps to maintain a better kidney and a better balance of weight.
- To eliminate medium and large toxins in the blood, you are offered to combine other methods of blood purification, such as hemofiltration, plasma exchange, immune adsorption, etc.
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