How to Prevent Heart Failure for Kidney Failure Patients on Dialysis

Heart failure is a serious complication of chronic renal failure, hemodialysis patients with heart failure, the main reason for the liquid overload, in addition to anemia, arteriovenous fistula, infection can worsen heart failure. Hemodialysis patients with cardiovascular risk factors: smoking, hypertension, diabetes, hypercoagulable state, obesity, lack of physical activity, left ventricular hypertrophy, cholesterol, hyperlipoproteinemia, anemia, hyperparathyroidism.

First, clinical manifestations of heart failure

1. palpitations, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, not supine, cough, cough sputum pink foam.

2. irritability, high blood pressure, heart rate significantly increased.

3. weight gain between hemodialysis significantly, with the heartbeat, gas hemodialysis patients with cardiovascular risk factors: smoking, hypertension, diabetes, hypercoagulable state, obesity, lack of physical activity, left ventricular hypertrophy, cholesterol, hyperlipoproteinemia , anemia, hyperparathyroidism. Pro.

4. facial and limb edema obviously, no urine, oliguria, with breathing difficulties.

5. chest tightness, suffocation, forced to take orthopnea or semi-lying position.

Such as these symptoms should be promptly reported to the doctors and nurses, outpatient hospital immediately returned.

Second, how to prevent heart failure

1. strictly limit salt and water intake. Daily water intake is equal to the previous day plus 500 milliliters of urine, the urine of patients with no intake of salt hemodialysis 2 grams (about two black toothpaste cap) daily urine output in 500 ml or more, salt The intake of 3-4 grams per day.

2. weight control. Weight between two hemodialysis should not exceed 5% of the dry weight by your doctor dialysis, hemodialysis time can not be altered.

3. To protect the heart. To avoid the emotional and heavy manual labor, moderate exercise, fistula is too large expansion in time (should lead to a high cardiac output, the heart rate, increasing the burden on the heart).

4. timely correction of anemia and high blood pressure, infection control.

5. a healthy lifestyle and proper diet compliance, regular review.

The diet plan can only support the medical treatment plan, but it can't alleviate this symptom, so a systemic treatment is a must if patients want to manage this condition from the root. If dialysis can't work adequately, it will induce a series of complications that will make illness condition worsened. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital can not only replace dialysis to treat kidney failure but also have fewer side effects. Besides, we also have many other unique therapies such as Stem Cell Therapy, Immunotherapy and Interventional Therapy, and so on. If you are interested about these therapies, you can contact us directly.