How to Deal with Muscle Cramp for Dialysis Patients

There are many cases about muscle cramp occure in dialysis patients. So today I want to share with you the reason why dialysis patients will suffer from this symptoms and how to relieve this symptoms.

Hemodialysis (Hemodialysis), called hemodialysis, the popular argument is also known as an artificial kidney, dialysis, a blood purification technology. Which utilizes semi-permeable membrane principle, by diffusion, convection, and excess body of harmful metabolic waste and excess electrolyte is removed from the body, purify the blood of purpose and aspiration to achieve the correct water and electrolyte and acid-base balance purposes.

How to deal with muscle cramp for dialysis patients

After reducing the blood flow (100-150ml / min), the exclusion of other circumstances, be 50% GS 20ml + 0.9% NS 20ml iv, and give local massage, as no significant relief of symptoms, can be added with 5% GS 20ml + 10% glucose calcium 10ml iv slow!

After dialysis to analyze the reasons: dry weight assessment, dialysate sodium concentration

Ultrafiltration volume control in the right range, generally 4,000 or less, some more than 3,000 patients will cramp, so to vary. Assessment of dry weight. Note that the concentration of the dialysate. Pushing sugar or sodium concentration.

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