Why People Have Abdominal Pain in ESRD
2014-02-19 07:53
End stage renal disease (ESRD) can cause many common symptoms, one of which is abdominal pain. Patients with ESRD always have abdominal pain, and they complain about it and want to know why it occurs and how to alleviate it. Here we will give a specific overview on this topic.
Why does ESRD cause abdominal pain?
There are many causes of abdominal pain in ESRD, which are as follows
Kidney stones
Kidney stones are one of most major causes leading to abdominal pain. Because the kidney stoes in kidneys can affect the normal structure of kidneys and spread to the other parts of abdomen, which causes abdomen pain easily. This pain is very serious and cramping. In general, abdominal pain caused by kidney stones always continues for about 30-60 minutes every time.
Kidney infections
As kidney is impaired severely in ESRD, tissues in kidneys are very prone to infections, which also affects other organs in abdomen. Thus, abdominal pain is caused. This pain is usually very slight but continuous.
Dialysis causes
When patients do dialysis, pipes are inserted into abdomen, which makes abdomen painful. Besides, as insertions come into abdomen, some parts is injured, leading to abdominal pain. This pain varies from one to another
In addition, there are some other causes of abdominal pain in ESRD, and patients with ESRD should do examinations to confirm the specific cause and get right treatment.
How should patients with ESRD alleviate abdominal pain?
As causes of abdominal pain differ from individual to individual, patients with ESRD should treat abdominal pain according to their own specific conditions. In general, abdominal pain is treated by medicines or surgery.
Chinese medicines have functions of treating pain in abdomen and alleviating ESRD, and patients with ESRD can try some Chinese medicines to treat abdominal pain, which also causes no side effects.
Apart from treatment, it is important that patients with ESRD should prevent from abdominal pain. They can have a heathy diet and do some sports in daily life. If you want to know more information about a detailed diet for abdominal pain in ESRD, you can contact our online doctor. We are very pleased to answer your questions.
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