Kidney are responsible for discharging toxins in blood,when kidney are
damaged,the toxins will accumulate in blood.Some of the toxins will be
discharged through sweating, if they deposit on skin, they will stimulate skin,
causing itching.
It will be show the symptoms of electrolyte disorder when kidneys damaged,
and the high phosphorus level is also a reason of itchy skins. As the high
amount of toxins in blood,the fluids under skin will be transferred into blood
vascular,which will cause dry skin.It can also lead to itching.
Causes of itchy skin
1.Electrolyte metabolic disorders
Chronic renal kidneys is caused by excluding phosphorus decrease,the level of
serium inorganic phosphorus repeating increase, the level of seru calcium
decline which can stimulate the secretion of PTH,and it can lead to secondary
hyperparathyroidism.Researches indicates that secondary hyperparathyroidism can
cause cutaneous pruritus whose increase can cause hypercalcemia, calcinosis
cuits,and stimulate skin mast cells release histamine,so PTH increase is
regarded as an important deadly reasons.
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2.Nitrogen metabolites retention
The stimulation of nitrogen metabolites to skins and it can make sebaceous
gland,sweat gland atrophy,make skins appear different levels of drying,
desquamation, and at last causes cutaneous pruritus.
3.Anaphylaxis
Chronic renal failure patients are easy to occur anaphylaxis, duing to
heparin,soften the hemodialysis tube pathway plasticizer,heparin,left-sided
epoxy can stimulate the patients’ spleen,marrow and mast cells proliferation
which lead to histamine concentration increase of blood grops, causing cutaneous
pruritus.
Treatment for itchy skin
1. In the course of treating itchy skins, the most important point is that
you can not scratch it.If you scratch itchy skin, it will increase stimulation
to the skin and aggravate the itchy degree.
2.Limiting time of taking hot water bath.The hot water will stimulate the
skin.Taking warm water bath 1-2 times every week will help relieve itchy
skins.
3. Do not eat the foods with phosphorus. If you have the symptoms of itchy
skins,you had better do not eat the foods with phosphor and stimulating foods,
such as, pepper,Sea foods, curry powder and so on.
4.Taking moderate exercise and build up your body. You can take general
message to promote the skin microcirculation before putting on clothes in the
morning and after taking off clothes in the evening.
5.Doing hot compress therapy is a natural therapy and its purposes is
repairing the damaged kidney cells and improving kidney function. By this
way,the waste products will be discharged and itchy skin will be alleviated.