1. Causes of severe leg cramps during dialysis
Lacking of calcium is one of the most important factor leading to legs cramps. Due to the damages of the kidney, it can’t absorb the calcium that the body needed. And with time doing on, more and more calcium will run off the body, so there will be little calcium to sustain the whole body. So the kidney failure patients will more likely to suffer from legs cramps. While, during the dialysis, the clod dialysis fluid also can aggravate the legs cramps. That is why the kidney failure patients will suffer from severe legs cramps during the dialysis.
Vitamin E deficiency: It is reported that vitamin E is helpful in reducing and preventing cramps during dialysis treatment. If patients are lack of vitamin E, it can increase the risk of muscle or leg cramps.
- Increased ultrafiltration: If dialysis patients weight gain too much during dialysis sessions, fluid should be taken out of the body at a fast rate or too much fluid is discharged out. This can lead to cramps directly.
- Dialysate with low concentrations of sodium: This is another reason that can increase the risk of muscle or leg cramps. From this point, you had better tell your doctors immediately so they can modify the concentration of your dialysate.
What is the treatment for leg cramps during dialysis
What is the treatment for leg cramps during dialysis?
From the above analysis, we can know the exact cause of leg cramps on dialysis varies from patient to patient. If your symptoms is due to unreasonable dialyzate or dialysis process, tell your doctor in dialysis center to regulate your dialysis treatment. If your leg cramps are caused by electrolyte imbalance or low blood pressure, ask the online doctor to help you make a healthy diet plan and prescribe some medicines that are suitable for yourself.
Without to say, the severe leg cramps is so painful for kidney failure patients. Don’t worry it too much, the Medicated Bathin our hospital can help you solve this problem. This medicated bath involves a lot of Chinese medical herbs which have strong effects deal with the kidney failure. Though along time boiled, these medical herbs can turn into hot medical soup, then we mix a certain amount of water with this medical soup. At which time, the kidney failure patients can enjoy the hot medicated bath. From one hour soaking, the blood vessels will be expanded a lot, so that the whole blood circulation will work perfectly. The patients will fell warm and warm. And some of the Chinese medicine also can penetrated into the internal kidney and control the damaged kidney.
