Self-nursing of Dialysis Patients - Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital

There are lots of things the patients who are taking dialysis can do. To some degree, self-nursing by the patients of dialysis is more important than that done by others. Patients of dialysis is more clear about their conditions than others. Daily matters need attention:
1. Receive dialysis at a certain time;
2. Proper exercises and enough sleep;
3. Prevent infections and develop a good habit of defecating in a certain time;
4. Take the blood pressure and make records about it;
5. Pay attention to the intake of water and diet;
6. Observe the color of urine and defecation, skin and the situation of bleeding; 7. Contact with the hospital immediately when any discomfort occurs.
Ways of measuring weight at home:
1. Measure weight by using the same scale at the same time;
2. Be no more than 2 to 3 kg between two times of dialysis;
3. Upper limit number of weight-gaining Times of Dialysis Weight-gaining 1 times/week 0.5 kg/day 2 times/week 1 kg/day 3 times/week 1.5 kg/day
Ways of controlling the intake of water:
1. Measure urine volume everyday;
2. The daily water intake is 500 ml more than the urine volume;
3. Do not eat salty food, otherwise the patient will drink much water;
5. Do not eat too much noodles which contain much water.
Ways of adjusting mentality: When the dialysis patient feels depression, they can express their feeling to their friends and family members. Dialysis patients can do some exercises properly at the same time. Patients can talk all their feelings to their doctor, for example, sexual disorder. In a word, keeping a good mood is important for patients' recovery. Ways of taking medicine: Different dialysis medicines have different functions, so patients should take medicine according to doctors' advices. For the calcium tablet, patients should take it with their meal. Only in this way can the tablet reduce phosphorus ion.

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