Similar with other discomforts caused by kidney failure, facial swelling also needs to be brought under control effectively and its management should start from the following several aspects:
1. Diuretics can be used in some cases
If left alone, facial swelling will spread to the whole body. In that case, diuretics can be applied to help to remove excess fluid in the body. There are different kinds of diuretics in medicine. Generally speaking, for patients who have hyperkalemia, they need to take the general diuretics which can help to excrete excess potassium while excreting excess fluid in the body. However, if potassium level in blood is lower than the reference range 3.5-5.5mEq/L, potassium-sparing diuretics will be suggested.
2. Tight control of fluid intake
A tight control of fluid intake is necessary for kidney failure patients to receive good treatment effects in treating facial swelling.
3. Improvement of kidney function
Disturbance of potassium metabolism appears as kidney can not function well. Therefore, if we want to remit facial swelling, kidney failure patients must repair kidney damages to improve kidney function. Only in this way, can excess fluid in the body be removed and also can facial swelling be alleviated fundamentally. Chinese medicine is a systematic and herbal treatment, which consists of a series of therapies: Hot Compress Therapy, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Foot Bath, Acupuncture Therapy, etc. it is the very special treatment in our hospital, Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, and we have treated more than 600 foreign patients from many different countries in the world. Any help or question, leave a message or contact our online doctor anytime. Reply will be given very soon for you.
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