What causes dialysis patients to itch?

If patients notice itching occurs at the beginning of dialysis treatments, they may have an allergy to the blood tubing, dialyzer or other elements associated with dialysis. Because different patients have various conditions, doing a diagnosis to make sure the root cause is very necessary for the following treatment. read more

A combination of things can cause your skin to be itchy and dry. Some issues are: Limited fluid intake: Your dialysis treatment removes extra water from your body, and your limited fluid intake between treatments can cause dry skin and trigger itchiness. read more

A majority of patients on hemodialysis experience skin itching at some point. However, some patients have itching all of the time, and it becomes worse during or just after Dialysis treatment. The two primary causes of skin itching for people on dialysis are: First, high levels of phosphorus in blood. read more