For patients with kidney disease, dialysis is an important measure to control patients’ condition and deal with their problems. However, dialysis is also a problem which can bring many health problems, which make patients very suffering. In fact, for patients who are accepting dialysis, many of them will have confusion.
Is confusion common in patients who take dialysis?
Dialysis is an effective method to prolong patient’s lifetime, but it is also a treatment which can bring many side effects, such as imbalance syndrome, allergy reaction to dialysis machine, low blood pressure, etc. And these side effects can also bring patients many obvious symptoms, like nausea, vomiting, dysphoria, muscle cramp, arrhythmia, etc.
In fact, confusion is a symptom which can be caused by many factors, which makes it become very common in patients who accept dialysis.
What are the causes of confusion for patients who accept dialysis?
Confusion is a suffering mental problem for patients with kidney disease, and several reasons can lead patients to have confusion during dialysis.
1.Dehydration:
Dialysis will remove the excess fluid in patient’s body, but if much excess fluid is removed and cause patients to have dehydration, dehydration can also come along with it.
2.Low blood pressure:
Low blood pressure is also very common in patients who are accepting dialysis, and it can cause patients to have mental problems, including confusion.
3.Imbalance syndrome:
Dialysis imbalance syndrome is a common side effect, and it can cause many health problems in patient’s body, among which confusion is also very common.
4.Autonomic dysfunction:
Patients who are taking dialysis usually already have a large amount of metabolic wastes accumulating in their body, which can cause patients to have many health problems, including mental problems and confusion.
Thereby, confusion is a common problem in patients who are taking dialysis, and patients should take corresponding measures to deal with their problem. As we know, kidney disease is very dangerous, and it is better for patients to take measures to protect their health as early as possible. If you have any trouble in dealing with your condition, you can send your details and problem to ckdstage@hotmail.com. We can provide the guidance you need or do what we can to help you.
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