1. Skin nursing
Skin nursing is the first step to prevent bedsore. The caretaker should often change the position the patients, turn over the patients for every 2~3 hours. Avoid movement such as pull, push and drag; in case bring damage to the skin. The patients’ bed should be kept clean and dry. Hot water bath will also help the kidney patients avoiding bedsore.
2. Itch-relieving creams
Itch-relieving creams like capsaicin cream can be a choice for renal failure patients with unbearable itching. Patients usually feel a burning or stinging sensation where it is applied when first using the creams. Besides, ask doctors for recommendations before using any product.
3. Chinese medicines
Skin rash associated with Kidney Failure can markedly affect a patient’s quality of life and can negatively impact their mental and physical health. Thereby, it is important to get a treatment as soon as possible.
To deal with skin rash in patients with Kidney Failure, we have to find treatments which focus on the skin rash underlying causes.
Experts recommend immunotherapy and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Immunotherapy helps deal with with the underlying immune disorder which alleviate the skin rash from the very root.
Chinese herbal medicine helps repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function to filter out the excessive phosphate in blood.
